This document contains reviews of books for adults, children's books, and films. The materials are rated for accuracy of scientific information, scope or completeness, clarity of writing or narration, quality of illustrations or cinematic quality, and value of book or film when compared to other titles. Each review is accompanied by a coded…

Nonverbal behavior is an important aspect of the film and is one of the several tools that a director uses to communicate to an audience the characters' feelings and relationships. By adding to this information their own personal responses, viewers often experience strong feelings. With reference to the social psychological research of nonverbal…

The purpose of this guide is to gather together in one volume information about nonprint media dealing with new career options for women. The 112 films, filmstrips, videotapes and cassettes, slides, photograph sets and games included in the guide are listed in alphabetical order by title. For each entry the following information is provided:…

Instructional media appropriate to school science programs are presented with critical annotations. Entries were selected from materials submitted by publishers which received favorable reviews by educators. Materials are arranged by type of media: books, calendars, duplicating masters, 16mm films, filmstrips, kits, and tests. Entries include…

Instructional media appropriate to school social studies programs are presented with critical annotations. Entries were selected from materials submitted by publishers which received favorable reviews by educators. Materials are arranged by types of media: books, 16mm films, filmstrips, games, kits, maps, reprints, and slides. Entries include…

THIS 3-PHASE STUDY SOUGHT TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE PRODUCER OF NEW EDUCATIONAL IDEAS AND THE PRACTITIONER, OR TEACHER, BY EFFECTIVE USE OF NETWORK TELEVISION. PHASE I, DATA GATHERING, INCLUDED REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, AND IDENTIFICATION OF INNOVATIONAL PROJECTS BY CONSULTATION, FIELD VISITS, AND A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO MEMBERS OF 2 NATIONAL…

USE OF AN AUTOTUTORIAL PROGRAM IN A MATHEMATICS UNIT FOR DELTA COLLEGE NURSING STUDENTS RESULTED IN FAVORABLE STUDENT REACTION AND A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF SUCCESS THAN IN A GROUP TAUGHT BY CONVENTIONAL METHODS. THIS SUCCESS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF 8-MILLIMETER FILMS, ACCOMPANIED BY AUDIO EXPLANATIONS ON TAPE, FOR DEMONSTRATING NURSING TECHNIQUES…

THREE SMALL SCHOOLS IN UTAH, INCLUDING THREE TEACHERS AND THEIR SPANISH I STUDENTS, PARTICIPATED IN THIS STUDY. ONE TEACHER RECEIVED CONVENTIONAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING, THE OTHER TWO WERE GIVEN IN IN-SERVICE TRAINING IN TEACHING SPANISH AS THEY OBSERVED THE TELEVISION CLASS. ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS OBSERVED THE TELEVISION CLASS THREE TIMES PER WEEK…

THIS ANNOTATED INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF TELEVISION AND CITES STUDIES ON EFFECTS ON LEISURE TIME, AND LEARNING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS. INFORMATION ON AVAILABILITY OF UNESCO COUPONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PUBLICATIONS LISTED, AND THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, MAY BE OBTAINED FROM UNSECO, PLACE DE…

THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO TYPES OF VISUAL MEDIA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONCEPT OF A GIVEN ANATOMICAL REGION WAS INVESTIGATED. EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM 119 FIRST-YEAR MEDICAL AND DENTAL STUDENTS IN AN HISTOLOGY CLASS. BOTH GROUPS ATTENDED THE SAME ONE-HOUR LECTURE. FOLLOWING THE LECTURE…

ELEVEN INSTITUTES FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS (THREE MUSIC, TWO ART, TWO THEATER, TWO HUMANITIES, ONE LATIN, AND ONE FILM) WERE EVALUATED ON THE BASIS OF QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 300 OF THE 430 PARTICIPANTS, FINAL REPORTS OF INSTITUTE DIRECTORS, AND DETAILED REPORTS OF OBSERVERS. THE GREATER EMPHASIS ON SUBJECT CONTENT THAN ON…

TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERING TEACHER REINFORCEMENT BEHAVIOR ON STUDENTS, 21 MIDDLE-CLASS AND 12 LOWER-CLASS MALE NINTH- AND 10TH-GRADE REMEDIAL READING STUDENTS WERE SHOWN TWO FILMS. THE FIRST DEPICTED A "POSITIVE" TEACHER WHO CONSISTENTLY REWARDED CORRECT RESPONSES WHILE NEGLECTING INCORRECT ONES, AND THE SECOND SHOWED A…

TWENTY-FIVE JUNIOR EDUCATION MAJORS PARTICIPATED IN A ONE-SCHOOL PROJECT TO IDENTIFY, UTILIZE, AND EVALUATE NEW METHODS, MEDIA, AND TECHNIQUES OF TEACHER EDUCATION. THE 17-WEEK PROGRAM CONSISTED OF STUDENT TEACHING AND OBSERVATION 3 DAYS A WEEK (AND ALL OF WEEKS 13-16), AND 2 DAYS OF PROFESSIONAL CONTENT COURSES (CURRICULUM, LANGUAGE ARTS, AND…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MOTION PICTURE FILMS AS A TEACHING DEVICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIPREADING SKILLS AND THE USE OF A CARTRIDGE-LOAD, SELF-WINDING EIGHT MILLIMETER PROJECTOR AS A TEACHING TOOL WERE STUDIED. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN WOULD LEARN PRESCRIBED VOCABULARY MORE QUICKLY BY AUTOINSTRUCTIONAL FILM METHODS…

THE USE OF THE EXIT INTERVIEW AS A CRITERION MEASURE OF THE STUDY OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS AND TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS WAS REPORTED. THE STUDY WAS MADE AS PART OF A LARGER INVESTIGATION MADE TO DISCOVER THE PERSONAL QUALITIES OF TEACHERS WHO REMAIN IN TEACHING AND TO DETERMINE THE PROGRAMS THAT PRODUCE TEACHERS. THE EXIT INTERVIEW WAS A…