VISUAL AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS WERE TESTED TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN A 1-YEAR NINTH-GRADE ALGEBRA COURSE. TESTS WERE GIVEN TO AN EXPERIMENTAL AND A CONTROL CLASS AFTER EACH UNIT TO ASSESS LEARNING. IN ADDITION, EACH STUDENT USED A POTENTIOMETER TO INDICATE THE LEVEL OF LEARNING EACH MINUTE OF THE LESSONS. ELECTRICAL SUMMATION EQUIPMENT…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER MOTION PICTURE FILMS OF SELECTED PHYSICS DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENTS WERE AS EFFECTIVE AS DEMONSTRATIONS PERFORMED DURING COLLEGE PHYSICS LECTURES. A SECOND OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER STUDENTS WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW SOME EXPERIMENTS ON FILM OUTSIDE OF CLASS ON A VOLUNTARY…

THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WERE EXPLORED IN THIS STUDY--(1) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG RESPONSES OBTAINED WHEN SUBJECTS VIEW AN INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM AND NOTE THEIR INTEREST BY PRESSING OR RELEASING A BUTTON, BY CHECKING COLUMNS ON A SHEET OF PAPER, AND WHEN GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSES (GSR) ARE CHARTED, (2) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP…

The hypothesis considered is that external evaluation of learning that a student may do for its intrinsic value may lessen the student's existing interest. Instructional movies were presented to students; in some cases students were told that they would (or in some cases, might) be tested on the contents, and in others they were not told this. The…

This guide is designed to assist teachers, group facilitators, church workers, and community leaders involved in alcohol or other drug education programs, by de-mystifying alcohol/drug films and turning them into useful instructional tools. Topics include: (1) the use of films as an educational tool; (2) common resources for obtaining films; (3)…

Sembene Ousmane's film, "Xala" (meaning impotence), can be seen as a revolutionary tool. Although his works were originally inspired by the African's struggle for liberation from colonial domination, "Xala" reflects the revolutionary intellectual's protest against corrupt socialist authoritarianism. Everyday events in the lives of the characters,…

THIS LISTING OF FILMS AND RELATED MATERIALS TOUCHES A WIDE RANGE OF LITERARY AND CULTURAL THEMES. PARTICULARLY RECOMMENDED TO PROVIDE AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MEDIA AND LITERATURE ARE SOURCEBOOKS, CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL REACTIONS, THE LONG-PLAYING RECORD, AND TELEVISION PLAY FOR "BENITO CERENO." EASILY ACCESSIBLE…

PRECEDING AND FOLLOWING THE SHOWING OF A COLOR AND SOUND FILM DESIGNED TO EDUCATE PARENTS CONCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORMAL SPEECH HABITS IN THEIR CHILDREN, TWO FORMS OF AN ATTITUDE QUESTIONNAIRE (APPARENTLY NOT TESTED FOR RELIABILITY) WERE FILLED OUT BY AN AUDIENCE OF 56 PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH ARTICULATION…

This ESEA Title III bibliography presents books, films, filmstrips, and records that correlate with stories from preprimers. The list of books is prepared from the suggested lists of the Ginn, Houghton Mifflin, Lippincott, and Scott, Foresman reading series. The bibliography includes sections about the alphabet, animals, family life, fantasy, and…

This Title III bibliography presents books, films, filmstrips, and records that correlate with stories from primers. The list of books is prepared from the suggested lists of the Ginn, Houghton Mifflin, Lippincott, and Scott, Foresman reading series. The bibliography includes sections about animals, birthdays, cowboys, fantasy, helpers, holidays,…

This booklet was developed to provide helpful suggestions for planetarium directors, teachers, and school supervisors. The booklet is divided into seven different units of study. Each unit is similar in design and format, beginning with an overview of the topic followed by a description of planetarium activities which the authors successfully…

Since vision is the main source of perceptual information, this study attempted to assess the effect of motion information on the ability of ninety-two, first-grade children to analyze and depict spatial relationships. Three groups of children received either motion picture or stationary visual training to compare motion effects with methods more…

Television archiving is a new field involving the tasks of sorting, preserving, and filing in order to make records available to future historians. Only 5% of all television programing since 1948 exists today on tape or kinescope. Prior to 1968, not even the networks kept a comprehensive file of news shows. Although the DuMont Television Network…

The controversy surrounding the Chinese film "Pioneers" is analyzed and presented as a case study of a film caught in the recent two-line struggle in literature and art in the People's Republic of China. Within the history of the arts in China, there has been a difference of opinion between those in favor of the continued portrayal of…

The contents of this book focus on various aspects of studies in communications, examining relevant criteria for their disciplined study, evaluating present research and criticism, and suggesting future directions of inquiry in the field of communications. Part one concerns the technology, viewpoints, and categories of communications; part two…