Describes seven different instructional strategies that can be used in designing videodisc programs that best take advantage of disc attributes. Instructions for producing a premaster tape and a discussion of what video productions should look like are provided. (MER)

Presents instructions for making six learning kits which kindergarteners can use independently to review such fundamental skills as matching or recognizing letters, numbers, shapes, and colors, as well as to explore such topics as community helpers, the senses, nutrition, and animals. (Author/SJL)

Describes a cooperative project to develop materials for a self-paced, personalized system of instruction (PSI) to be used in core engineering courses offered at six participating colleges. Faculty training in PSI methods, cost effectiveness, and project evaluation are discussed. Four references are listed. (FM)

Discusses the need for appropriate basic literacy materials, notes the value of student-produced materials, and describes British publications produced by students and tutors. (CHC)

This article offers a framework for training child welfare workers and supervisors to stop and prevent foster care drift and to achieve permanency goals. (Author/DB)

Gives advice for the correspondence course instructor on profiling students, structuring the course, preparing study guides, and encouraging adult learners. (SK)

Gives step-by-step guidelines for planning, designing, and writing useful training manuals for task performance and equipment operation. Steps include finding out what the worker needs to know to do the job, organizing materials in proper sequence, stating precise operations, and then trying out the instructions. (MF)

Reports the results of a survey on the design, development, production, and utilization of media in business training programs. In-house production is described, as well as the types of media most used by corporations, problems with outside vendors, and future directions of media development. (BK)

Development of survey test materials for the Australian national testing program in literacy and math skills is discussed. (HTH)

The use of teacher-made captions or subtitles to accompany slide and film presentations in foreign language classes is discussed. (JB)

Describes a seven-level taxonomy intended to assist design teams to produce more generalized, flexible media to support instruction. The levels are defined as jargon and definitions, component point recognition, awareness of purpose, components of usage skill, awareness of sequences, skill performance or application of relationships, and…

The paper describes considerations in determining the comprehensibility of instructional materials for use with mentally retarded students. (CL)

A discussion of a unique model using video technology in an Instructor Preparation Program (IPP) at Harvard University. Student performance is used in measuring improvements in teaching skills. Videotape can be used as a tracking device from student achievement to teacher performance. (AV)

Describes basic misconceptions about the origin of elements and forms of matter found in chemistry texts that need modification in light of modern observational data and interpretations given in astronomy. Notes that there are forms of matter other than elements and compounds. Confounding examples from astronomy include white dwarfs, neutron…

Reports on the design and development of video-based learning objects created to enhance the educational experiences of American Sign Language (ASL) hearing participants in a distance learning course that used video conferencing and Web-based technologies and, following the course, the creation of new applications for use of the learning objects.…