A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED (1) TO ASCERTAIN WHAT EMPHASIS COULD BE PLACED ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA FOR PRESERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND (2) TO ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE PROCEDURES FOR THE SELECTION AND UTILIZATION OF THESE MEDIA FOR TEACHING. THE PROCEDURES INVOLVED (1) CONDUCTING A LITERATURE SEARCH, (2)…

The National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped's directory (third edition) lists names and addresses of more than 1600 publishers, producers and distributors who sell or rent instructional materials and educational aids, devices and media. Each entry indicates which of 74 categories of instructional materials are made…

This handbook lists the reasons why educators at the local level should become involved in the development of education television programs for cable television. Developed by the National Education Association (NEA), it encourages use of the cable channels set aside for education by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) before the channels…

Current trends in cataloging nonprint materials and the new Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) cataloging standards are discussed. The bulk of this paper is composed of suggestions for cataloging nonprint material by organizing data into prescribed areas, each of which contains one or more elements of information. (DS)

An annotated bibliography lists approximately 100 books in the fields of instructional media, libraries, and information science. Each citation contains title, author, publisher, price, and a brief annotation. An elementary classified index is included at the conclusion of the publication. (JY)

The author has prepared a group of questions which he feels are of great importance in deciding the future of instructional technology in education. He provides some insights into possible answers as well. The questions he asks and answers deal with educational philosophy, the science of learning and communication, educational technology, and…

The experimental project which resulted in this manual utilized an electronic calculator to aid in mathematics instruction in the 11th and 12th grades. The requirements for implementing the program are described and illustrated by the experiences at the pilot school. A curriculum guide is given for the inservice teacher training program.…

The purpose of this booklet is to introduce newly developed instructional media that are being used in Japan. After short discussions of the teaching-learning process, the functions of instructional media, and the classification and characteristics of instructional media, the instructional media currently in use are discussed. Final sections deal…

Tape cartridges for use by special education teachers are analyzed according to design, effective use, and availability. Basic operating principles of cassette and continuous loop tape cartridges are described and illustrated. Advantages of tape cartridges are indicated, such as the following: the position is saved on tape during student timeouts,…

Written primarily as an aid for teachers who are seeking ways in which to enrich their language arts program, this book describes one teacher's approach to her students and their lessons. Part One discusses prose writing and suggests ways of teaching children to write well. Part Two concerns literature teaching which involves reading aloud to the…

The 16 millimeter (mm) Variable-Interval Sequenced-Action Camera (VINSAC) is designed for inexpensive photographic recording of effective teacher instruction and use of instructional materials for teacher education and research purposes. The camera photographs single frames at preselected time intervals (.5 second to 20 seconds) which are…

Brief annotations are provided for 25 articles on the use of video cassettes in education. The articles appeared for the most part in popular magazines during the period 1970-72. (JK)

College biology students, using an audio-tutorial format, participated in a study in which instructional time and quality were structured to accommodate for differences in students' abilities to attain their potential (mastery strategy). Students in the experimental group who failed to achieve 80 percent on an evaluative checktest for a subunit…

This illustrated booklet presents key points about the place of media in the classroom. The media subsystem is part of the total learning process. The professional media personnel and the teachers work together as a team. The media subsystem provides expertise in message design and in providing the resources for the students' educational…

The aim of this catalogue of wallcharts is to provide a list of charts and flannelgraphs suitable for use in schools so that teachers, education authorities, and others may have on hand a concise reference to all charts available on any particular topic. All charts of specific teaching value designed especially for wall display and at least 10…