The purpose of this research was to determine if the media set personal agendas during off-year elections. The market for the study was a twin-city area in central Illinois (Bloomington-Normal) which contained few sources of information concerning local, national, and international problems. The survey questionnaire was compiled from questions…

This Technical Assistance Document offers assistance in contacting media representatives in your State or area on writing press releases or public service announcements, appearing on television shows, and conducting a public hearing on your annual plan. Although the material was prepared especially for State and area agencies on aging, it can be…

The resource guide of instructional materials is one of two volumes developed by 92 career education teachers in the State of New York, each experienced with the designated subject matter or grade level. The assessment instrument developed to evaluate the materials is included. The career education materials are grouped into sections by grade…

During the past decade, phrases such as multi-media library, school research center, and instructional materials center have filtered into the language. They reflect the rapidly changing pattern of educational methods and the increasing emphasis on the new media. This book considers such general problems as the demands made upon school libraries…

Reconstructing media research so that generalizable knowledge can be produced requires an increased emphasis on attributes of media which interact with individual differences to effect learning. In order to accomplish this, media researchers must make a distinction between research "with" media and research "on" media. Privious efforts to…

A study was made to determine whether or not educable mentally retarded students at the primary and intermediate levels attend to and gain knowledge from filmstrips, or if, in fact, their test performance variance is distributed randomly. The subjects are individually shown a tape-synchronized filmstrip; they are administered both a pretest and a…

The Nelson-Denny reading test was administered to thirty Navy first class diver candidates to evaluate the group's vocabulary, reading comprehension, reading rate and over-all reading ability. Reading rate and comprehension were at the twelfth grade level, while vocabulary ability was equal to the college freshman norm. (Author)

The selected multi-cultural resources annotated in this bibliography concentrate on educational materials for teaching young children an appreciation and understanding of differences in others. Included are films, filmstrips, recordings, audiotapes, photographs and study prints, multi-media kits, and some fifty selected books. Some of the…

The aim of media anthropologists is to provide the general public with entertaining, relevant anthropological background information through the public media. This quarterly newsletter disseminates information, promotes awareness of present physical and social issues, and offers a means of intercommunication on the topic of Media Anthropology.…

Small portable videotape recorders can be used economically and effectively as "scratch pads" during course development. Current off-the-shelf equipment can be used for data gathering during the analysis of systems requirements and initial development of course equipment and test materials. Such equipment has been beneficial in revealing…

An index provides media staff, library personnel, and educators with a bibliographic guide to commercially produced educational records. This computerized data base cites over 16,000 record titles each with a descriptive statement, filed under a curriculum oriented subject heading. The index is divided into three principal sections: 1) subject…

Included are results of a study conducted to assess the possibilities and effectiveness of learning physics at high school level via independent study. The sample was drawn from a regular high school physics class. During the experiment, no instruction was carried out by any teacher. An auto-instructional system was developed and provided for use…

This report provides guidance in designing and implementing a performance-oriented learning center program, an approach to training which emphasizes the application of instructional technology in helping the individual or individual team to learn more effectively. Although intended for training personnel and instructional technologists in an Air…

Two main areas of material/acquisition are explored: collection development and the selection process. Emphasis is placed on the role of the librarian/faculty/student/evaluation committee, selection aids, and the selection process. (Author/PF)

This paper reports on a multimedia approach to alcohol education in the content of developing positive patterns of social interaction leading to personal and social health. ( MM)