Thorough advance planning will eliminate much of the clutter and the mud hazards associated with the introduction of ceramics. Provides some helpful suggestions for teaching ceramics in an efficient and tidy fashion. (Author/RK)

Dr. Ruth Hoffman is a mathematics professor who founded a mathematics laboratory at the University of Denver ten years ago. Here her methods of teaching the subject are demonstrated. Describes the more basic teaching aids that she promotes and why the laboratory has achieved an international reputation. (RK)

A review of some of the many applications of computers that serve the instructional and communication needs of the deaf, and, to a lesser extent, the handicapped learner. (Author)

Discusses the use of comic strips in teaching. A distinction is made between those books which treat comic strips as an object of instruction (from historical, ideological, semiotic or other stanpoints) and publications which treat comics as a means for improving language teaching.

This study comparing the relative effectiveness of learning methods shows that the combination of written instruction plus recorded demonstration is the most effective for inexperienced students; recorded demonstration proved to be more effective than written instructions when used separately. (BBM)

Educational uses and implications of small inexpensive computers are discussed. (STS)

The author presents a new gaming device, SAY, which focuses upon family interactions. It has proved effective in training volunteer lay counselors and in use with parent groups along with family counseling sessions. (Author/HMV)

Presents survey results of 24 examination boards concerning their positions on the use of electronic calculators in exams. (CP)

A three dimensional classification of psychological attributes of media is proposed. Using this classification system to related media, learner, and task characteristics may lead to a rational approach to media selection. (Author/STS)

Outlines advantages and limitations of using literature in the teaching of family relationships, and provides examples illustrating how fiction and drama can provide the teacher with an instructional aid and provide the pupil with an approach to understanding family relationships. (SH)

Suggests that the use of a projection viewer employed by professional art studios to make revised enlargements or reductions of existing art can improve the appearance of layouts done by creative, but artistically unskilled, students. (KS)

Concentrates on the work of Community Education through Radio (ECORA), a Bolivian organization that planned and implemented the nonformal education component of a project that included school construction, teacher training, bilingual education, and administrative reforms within the Ministry of Education and Culture. (JOW)

A multimedia approach to education can be more effective than using a single, isolated medium. It encourages students to develop skills that print alone doesn't and enables educators to boost the value of media children are being exposed to anyway. Furthermore, the electronic media have strong motivational qualities for children. (KH)

Three important subfields of instructional technology, instructional design technology, instructional media technology, and instructional management technology are reviewed for their contributions to individualized instruction of hearing impaired students. (CL)