A form is presented for choosing and using videotexts for video-based teaching. The form offers a number of considerations and suggestions that can be adopted and adapted by teachers, according to their needs. (21 references) (Author/VWL)

New technological aids such as interactive video, computer conferencing, and videotape can affect such aspects of teaching style as teacher independence and flexibility. A personal model for using technology involves recognizing one's teaching style, knowing the medium's characteristics, understanding the institutional context, and determining…

Discussion of procedures for selecting appropriate media in instructional development projects highlights a study that examined media selection decisions of instructional development graduate students under intuitive and model-directed decision-making conditions. Use of the Reiser-Gagne media selection flowchart is described, and implications for…

This paper describes variables which tend to influence the utility of health education literature. It is important that instructional materials be suited to the reading level of the students as well as their ability to comprehend the meaning of the printed materials. A graph for estimating reading level is included. (JD)

Examines two potential factors affecting managerial variability in media sensitivity: communication apprehension and self-monitoring. Finds that both measures affect the media choices managers make. Calls into question, however, the initial models of media choice decisions of managers. (SR)

Study identifies and examines prevention resources developed to address the problem of adolescent solvent abuse. Prevention materials were coded according to targeted age group, ethnicity, and media format. Results suggest that specific prevention messages are often used with specific age groups, cultural content, and media formats. (Contains 32…

Talks about how goals and literary merit form selection criteria to broaden and deepen the information available to students in some aspect of the curriculum such as science or social studies. Concludes that educators should be concerned that every child learns to want to read, and that every child learns to be a critical thinker and an engaged…

Suggests guidelines for selecting African American children's literature of high literary and artistic qualities for grades K-3. Presents guidelines for all teachers, whether they have African American children in their classrooms or not. Provides a list of 27 selected recent books with an African American context that meet the same criteria for…

Guidelines for telling ghost stories at camp involve considering children's fears at different ages, telling age appropriate stories, determining appropriate times for telling ghost stories, and minimizing fear when a child becomes frightened by a ghost story. Includes tips on the selection, preparation, and presentation of ghost stories. (LP)

Considers the study of film in the secondary curriculum. Discusses film selection and value: which movies are studied and what kind of notion of cultural value is taught. Notes how educators study film: what new kinds of visual literacy comes into play, how these are taught, what resources are needed, and what pedagogic traditions provide useful…

Discussion of the education of students with autism focuses on the use of multimedia systems and reviews the current state of the field. Suggests that systems should be developed that directly address autism-specific impairments and considers autistic student education in the context of equality of access to education. (Author/LRW)

Describes how one short silent film, "The Painted Lady," may be used to build language and content knowledge in English-as-a-second-language (ESL) courses. Provides a representative list of titles and corresponding content areas to assist instructors in their efforts to incorporate silent film into ESL courses. (SG)

When a commercial pilot steps into the cockpit of an airplane, it has been serviced by a host of personnel and will be supported by many more from takeoff to landing. In more and more places, when an elementary school teacher steps into inquiry-centered science instruction, his or her materials have been carefully prepared by a team of experts,…

In this article, the author presents empirical results concerning the effectiveness of campus, online, and hybrid (i.e., a mix of campus and online) instruction in business education. The sample is derived from graduate students enrolled in economics, computer information systems, and finance courses at a regional university. The author…

This study is a genre analysis which explores the specific discourse community of tax accountants. Tax computation letters from one international accounting firm in Hong Kong were analyzed and compared. To probe deeper into the tax accounting discourse community, a group of tax accountants from the same firm was observed and questioned. The texts…