Instruction technology should be utilized in the creation of innovative teaching methods. The learner's needs must be reconsidered with emphasis placed on the development of inquisitive, creative, critical, and self-directed thinking. (NR)

In the spring of 1971 a study was conducted at various religious student centers at the University of Texas at Austin to determine the effectiveness of a multimedia presentation in several worship services. Effectiveness was defined as: 1) acceptance of the quality of the presentation by a distinct group of viewers; and 2) their recognition of…

Individualized instructional packages are an approach to learning through independent study, integrated experiences, and multimedia. The implementation of individualized instructional packages into a course should include provision for a general assembly session in which the students become acquainted with the instructor who will later appear on…

A business statistics course based on audiotutorial instructional resources is described. The course, taught at Metro State College in Denver, Colorado, consisted of 13 modules which a student normally could complete in seven weeks or less. A feature of the course was a set of incentives to prevent students from procrastinating their completion of…

Phase 2 of Project IN-STEP was conducted to revise, refine, and conduct further field testing of a new inservice teacher education model. The method developed (in Phase 1--see ED 003 905 for report) is an individualized, multi-media approach. Revision activities, based on feedback provided for Phase 1, include the remaking of six videotape…

Summative evaluation of Cycles R-40 of the Listen Look Learn (LLL) Multi-Media Communication Skills System was conducted in 1967-68, using 28 experimental (LLL system) and 28 control (variety of basal reading programs) classes of first-grade children. Testing included the use of the Metropolitan Readiness Tests; the Pintner-Cunningham Primary…

With the MATCH Box Press, children (grades 5-6) can print a limited edition of a book. With the teacher as publisher to oversee and assist, they write and edit the manuscript; design, print, and illustrate the book. The teacher's guide provides instructions for all the various phases of the process, which is designed to take about three weeks. A…

This booklet has been prepared for those who would like to visit the 25 schools in New Jersey which were provided with special purpose grants under ESEA Title II to serve as demonstration multimedia centers. The schools were selected by a Title II Advisory committee on the criteria of: an effective unified media program, strong administrative…

This paper describes the biology program at Munster Senior High School, Munster, Indiana. It is an individualized curriculum utilizing a multi-sensory systems approach, and is presently taught by a team of three teachers and one para-professional to 458 general biology students and 36 advanced biology students. Each student must complete 24 units;…

A study was devised to investigate the effectiveness of predicting success and failure in an individualized multimedia course in electronics. The media available included programed texts, slides, 16 mm. films, and textbooks. Measures of psychological and ability factors of the 136 subjects who participated were taken by means of the Edwards…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This report deals with concept areas four and five, which focus on international trade and enrichment areas. The behavioral…

The sixth volume of the multimedia, individualized course in Economic Analysis produced for the United States Naval Academy covers segments 84-94 of the course. Included in the volume are discussions of specialization and international trade. Other segments of the course, the behavioral objectives involved, and the various working papers from the…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This document consists of internal working papers bearing on the communication which transpired between materials specifiers and…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This report documents the first iteration of the macrolevel sequencing of the course elements, a process designed to depict the…

A computer managed instructional system is described which could be used to support the multimedia, individualized course in economic analysis developed for the United States Naval Academy. Related documents are EM 010 787 through EM 010 823. The final report is ED 043 790 and the model developed for designing systems of individualized instruction…