This research was designed to measure how students enrolled in introductory marketing courses perceived mass section multimedia lecture classes in comparison with other commonly utilized teaching formats. (Author/RK)

Reports on science-specialist student teachers' conceptions about science and technology and corresponding priorities for school science. Students' conceptions were measured after interacting with a case documentary that depicted students collaborating in the development and evaluation of pneumatic-controlled robotic arms. Indicates that many…

Memory Math, a multimedia software program that uses a peg- and keyword mnemonic strategy to teach basic multiplication facts, was used with six students with learning and cognitive disabilities. Five of the students demonstrated improved accuracy on electronic probes and all students demonstrated increased accuracy on the paper/pencil probes.…

Reports on a qualitative study in which preservice science teachers (PSTs) enrolled in an advanced methods course participated in a complex, data-rich investigation based on an adapted version of the "Struggle for Survival" curriculum. Uses the Galapagos Finches software and emphasizes giving priority to evidence and constructing…

Investigated whether high risk populations would be receptive to tailored, multimedia interventions to promote adoption of health-protective behaviors related to sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention and control. Feedback from predominantly African American, urban participants aged 16-50 years, recruited from a STD clinic, indicated that…

Describes how multimedia software (COMPEL PE) is used in a core mathematics course in the mechanical and production engineering curriculum at Nanyang Technical University (Singapore) to help students better understand various characteristics of conformal mappings. Describes the ASSURE model used to guide the production of slides for presentation…

Discusses the use of multimedia computer-based training to effectively teach mechanical skills. Gives an example of teaching shaft alignment tasks that combines three-dimensional animations, simulations, and user interactions to allow the trainee to practice recognition and manipulation skills. (Author/LRW)

Uses the popular "Star Trek" theme to discuss the potential use of multimedia materials in the classroom and explores ways in which it could be used to lead students to new discoveries. (MG)

Describes a fourth-semester French course using "France-TV Magazine," a videotaped news program broadcast via satellite, as the major text. Grammar, reading materials, and regular compositions are integrated to supplement and reinforce the primary text, television. (Author/LMO)

Examines the creation of educational texts modeled from electronically stored logical papers that provide content in various forms including multimedia, hypertext, and hypermedia. Considers implications of logical papers for teachers, learners, and educational institutions based on the literature on reading and writing physical pages, including…

Analyzes shortcomings of computer monitors, including one-way communication and organization of the monitor display, when they are used with multimedia in open learning environments. Solutions are described according to the concepts and theories developed by Min, Koopal, Gritter, Struyker, Boudier, Coleman, Miltenburg, and Van Schaick Zillesen…

Describes a variety of possible uses of computers in second- language instruction that go beyond traditional drill-and-practice programs. (Author/JL)

Discusses hardware and software used to teach scientific method, ecology, evolution, mitosis and meiosis, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, circulatory and respiratory systems, reproduction and drugs, behavior, and genetics. (MKR)

Discusses the evolution of multimedia instructional approaches and users' expectations. Highlights include how educational software fits into the existing media-mix, restrictions users face, the didactic concepts, educational software development, what systems should be used for programming, how to build human resources, and the future of…

Discusses a case study of a project created for the U.S. Air Force, Air Combat Command, in which mental models were taught, reinforced, and assessed as the foundation for instruction. Preliminary data for 183 students reflected a 93% mastery level and a 79% cumulative gain in students' ability to troubleshoot difficult problems. (Author/AEF)