This manual is designed to address some of the basic problems of those who work in family planning education, and is based on the recurring questions and concerns of participants in a nationwide series of DHEW-sponsored family planning education and communication workshops. The manual proceeds chronologically, dealing first with the planning of a…

This report presents evaluations of 25 early learning materials kits, designed for use with young children in nursery school, kindergarten, and day care centers. Each evaluation includes: a physical description of the kit (with cost information), the target audience, content and objectives, methods of use, conditions of use, rationale, research…

The Master Locator Booklet (MLB) is intended to aid in selecting suitable texts, readers, and supplementary materials for classroom work or individual study in EFL/ESL. Although the wide range of works on the market does not permit a consistent classification, the entries in the MLB are subclassified to a great extent to facilitate access to…

A number of general considerations in communication channel selection are noted, and the literature of channel use among older persons is reviewed. Selected approaches to communicating with older persons are described briefly. While television is the dominant medium among older persons generally, printed media play an important role also,…

This manual is designed to assist students in a course on media in instruction and management. Units are included on: (1) still picture projection; (2) audio media; (3) motion picture projection; (4) print media, duplication, and displays; (5) selection of appropriate instructional materials; and (6) selecting appropriate media. Each unit includes…

This document is a descriptive guide for teachers on how to create a learning center cheaply but effectively. The foundational concept of this guide is that teachers are artists who must fashion and highlight the curriculum in such an attractive manner that it becomes most appealing to the child. The materials in the learning center are described…

These selected readings are designed for teachers, media specialists and administrators interested in effective methods of planning, designing and implementing individualized instruction programs. Sections deal with 1) problems encountered in making the transition from group to individualized instruction; 2) several established and sucessful…

The ten articles which comprise this collection are intended to stimulate creative thinking about ways to improve existing educational media selection centers and to develop new ones. The authors share their professional judgments about how to organize, staff, administer and equip centers, how to use them to evaluate media, and how they work as…

The major purpose of the center has been to improve the quality of instruction in the participating schools by providing in-service training to teachers in the use of instructional materials and equipment. At the onset, four global objectives were established to a) integrate more media (i.e., filmstrips, books, slides) into the teaching…

The tentative media selections, the macro-sequence chart, and a preliminary version of the Spring, 1969 schedule of the multimedia, individualized course on economic analysis produced for the United States Naval Academy are presented in this paper. The segments of the course itself, the behavioral objectives involved, and the various working…

The key findings of phase I relative to the Sterling Institute curriculum development model being used in the preparation of a multimedia, individualized course in economic analysis for the United States Naval Academy are presented in this paper. The current status (October, 1968) and planned activities of the project are also outlined. The…

The author suggests that quality selection of textbooks at the local level is more likely to occur when: (1) administrators involve teachers, subject-matter specialists, and others in the selection process; (2) these individuals comprise a committee which makes a regular, continuing study of textbooks; (3) they consider using materials recently…

A study began the development and initial testing of a method for predicting cost and training effectiveness of proposed training programs. A prototype Training Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness Prediction (TECEP) model was developed and tested. The model was a method for optimization of training media allocation on the basis of fixed training…

A project is underway which is concerned with the production of models to serve as instruments of guidance in planning teaching materials, particularly those teaching materials which contain components that emphasize the part played by the teacher. Such planning models are necessary for use in contexts of individualization of instruction which…