This guide for evaluating microcomputer instructional software includes a hardware/software interface analysis sheet which can be used to determine if the software being evaluated is compatible with the hardware on which it will be used. Also provided is an instructional software evaluation form for use in making judgments about (1) specific…

It is useless to spend time on studies investigating the large broad questions about the effect of media on teaching and learning. Smaller, more defined, more useful questions to ask are: How can we best use a given medium for a piece of instruction? How do the symbolic coding systems of a given medium relate to what a student learns from it?…

This report presents an overview of the nature and uses of bibliotherapy. The concept is defined in complex as well as simplistic terminology within its historical context; and its dynamics, principles and objectives, and particular applications are discussed. The requisite qualities and skills of the bibliotherapist are analyzed and bibliotherapy…

A study compared advertising media usage, advertising reach, and consumers' attitudes toward advertising in Israel and the United States. The study used data gathered from an Israeli survey of 1,600 consumers and an American survey of 1,500 consumers. The findings revealed that the press was the dominant advertising medium in both countries, in…

The profiles provided list advantages, disadvantages, and suggestions for use of 12 basic types of audiovisual materials and equipment. In some instances, points to remember about construction purposes and methods of utilization are included. Formats described are charts, graphs, and maps; filmstrips and slides; super 8mm film loop projections;…

This publication has been prepared to assist school districts in the State of New York to develop and carry out a materials selection policy for school libraries. Recommendations are made as to the development process, components, assumptions, and criteria of the selection policy. Procedures for dealing with controversial materials are also…

The 29 editorial board members of three communications journals were asked to indicate what criteria they used to evaluate and select the manuscripts submitted to their journals for publication. The 16 people who responded indicated six things that they require in manuscripts: a strong introduction that clearly and concisely states the conceptual…

This selection policy statement for media materials incorporates guidelines contributed by academic departments in the University of Wisconsin-Stout, as well as by professional staff of the media retrieval services at Pierce Library. The overall special mission of the university and the special missions of learning resources and media retrieval…

Over 400 bibliographic tools and selection sources of both print and nonprint media which are currently available are cited in this comprehensive guide. The four major sections of the guide are: (1) information on print media; (2) information on nonprint media; (3) information on print and nonprint; and (4) review sources and reviewing…

The literature of research and theory on media, the psychology of learning, and the technology of instruction is reviewed. The focus is on discovering what is currently known about the intersection of these fields. Current thoughts and discoveries about brain structure and processing are discussed. The management of learning as a system is another…

The catalog lists various commercially prepared media materials available on loan from the Westside Area Career Occupation Project (WACOP) Media Center for evaluation prior to school or district purchase. Among the types of media specified are: books, kits, cassettes, films, instructional units, transparencies, posters, pamphlets, and magazines.…

The Computer Based Project for the Evaluation of Media for the Handicapped conducted a study to determine teachers' attitudes toward the project and his/her knowledge of project operations. Twenty-three teachers participated in interviews focused on three major areas: the student, the teachers, and the project. An interview checklist of 12 items…

An evaluation is provided of ten fundamentally different techniques applicable for choosing instructional media for proposed Navy training programs. The evaluative method used employed six training system designers, each of whom applied the chosen techniques to a sample of seven representative training tasks. The results of these applications were…

This project was designed to secure and screen available education materials appropriate for actualization of Comprehensive Career Education Model-1 (CCEM-1) objectives, and to process, assess, and classify selected potential commercial education materials for incorporation into instructional units and/or supportive educational activities. To…

Observations about future patterns of media program development as media and instructional strategies become united. (Author)