A qualitative study examined how teenagers react to and interpret certain popular media messages. In addition it explored the relationship between content containing various sexual messages and teenagers' responses to those messages, with particular attention to the critical abilities this audience exhibits. Fifty male and female teenagers aged…

Lists film material under the following four topics: Animal Nutrition, Photosynthesis, Parasitism and The Problems of Overpopulation. (LS)

This annotated bibliography lists dictionaries, encyclopedias, and audiovisual aids including records, slides and films, to be used in French language instruction for children, adolescents and adults. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Preschoolers and second and fifth graders were interviewed to determine their understanding of an actor's motives and the intentionality of his act after watching films and hearing stories which portrayed an actor who intentionally or accidentally injured another for either good or bad motives. (JMB)

Describes various teaching programs in year 11 science at Para Hills High School in Australia, including a system which allows the students to use half of their science time in individually programmed studies. (MLH)

Fourteen films, filmstrips, and film series on the Middle East are reviewed for K-12 educators. Both the purchasing and rental costs are included in each review. (JR)

Reviews a series of films about engineering appropriate for career guidance at the secondary level. (GS)

While students are struggling with the basic concepts of learning a second language, they are not likely to be intrigued by the language as the key to literature. In the first two years of language study, the amount of material being studied and the focus on language acquisition are such that film can be accommodated as an outside activity…

This is a comprehensive guide to developing a school-based K-12 drug prevention program. It is comprised of three booklets: (1) Policy--how to construct and implement a workable school drug policy; (2) Curriculum--complete and age-appropriate learning activities for students containing essential drug information and information on developing a…

A study tested a causal model of international communication media appraisal using audience evaluations of tests of two films conducted in the Philippines. It was the fourth in a series of tests of the model in both developed and developing countries. In general the model posited determinative relationships between three exogenous variables…

This paper, which explores the efforts made by teachers and others in England to promote the study of the media in formal education structures, begins by presenting a brief introductory overview of key historical events in media studies that have affected its identity and evolution. The paper investigates, in particular, post-16 further education…