This guide presents, discusses and describes a selection of games and puzzles for school second language instruction. The first chapter discusses the value of these activities in language teaching, including the psychology of problem-solving, the process of motivating and involving students, three key questions to ask about games in the classroom…

Interactive video is achieved by merging the two powerful technologies of microcomputing and video. Using television as the vehicle for display, text and diagrams, filmic images, and sound can be used separately or in combination to achieve a specific training task. An interactive program can check understanding, determine progress, and challenge…

One response to the disappointment from the curriculum reform of the 1960's has been an increased tendency towards more teacher autonomy in determining the curriculum. Seven modes of curriculum development in terms of the role of teachers have been identified. Listed from Center to Periphery these are: Centrally Based, Locally Centrally Based,…

Transfer of instructional technology is the last step in the knowledge cycle, preceded by invention, technical and commercial development, and dissemination. Technology includes both equipment and the practical knowledge needed for application. Industrialized nations package technology; however, little practical knowledge is transferred with…

An assessment was made in 1978 of the longterm effects on school media utilization of Project Discovery (1964-1967), which was designed to test the effect of "maximum availability" of instructional materials on curriculum, on student attitudes, achievement, creativity, and motivation, and on teaching methods and techniques. The project…

In "Wisconsin Death Trip," Michael Lesy has created a new and important technique for presenting the findings of historical research. (JH)

A unique, up-to-date approach to publicizing the Career Center at Cornell University has created the cartoon character, "Career Man," and enhanced student awareness. (Author)

Practical advice for using student-made 8mm films in English classes. (JH)

How a basic media utilization course at the University of Utah has been developed on a completely self-instructional basis. (Author)

The author suggests that "open" university and education programs may require a reconceptualization of processes for selecting media. The media for the delivery of instruction (e.g., computers, television, and film) should be considered along with the role of organizations which use media and those which provide media support. In open learning…

This paper presents a survey of consumer needs for various types of parent education curriculum materials. The paper suggests that needs assessment should be an important part of any curriculum development process. The survey addressed four questions: (1) current sources of information about children, (2) desirable content for new materials, (3)…

Primarily concerned with input to secondary school curriculum development as promulgated in the four national centers of the Scottish Curriculum Development Service (SCDS), this study investigated the ways in which national working parties integrate media resources into their projects, how schools tackle the media elements, and problems of…

This introductory guide to nonprofit social marketing provides marketing techniques and guidelines in seven chapters. Topics covered include a general discussion of social marketing, with several definitions; market research, including factors to be considered in planning a marketing strategy, forces for and against educational changes, cluster…

This report, like its companion EPIE Report 90m, "Classroom Management, Motivation, Individualized Instruction," draws on the experience of the National Education Association's (NEA) three-year study of inservice materials. By presenting the product descriptions of those inservice materials most frequently ordered over the length of the study,…

Instructions with line drawings and/or patterns are provided for making 85 of the exemplar products perpared in APEID-sponsored workshops, which reviewed current efforts and materials, and explored new strategies and directions in the utilization of low cost, simple, indigenous materials to fill the regional need for audiovisual resources. The…