The paper reports results and discusses implications of three studies on captioning films and television programs for deaf audiences. Study I dealt with the short-term visual memory required in recognition of fingerspelled letters, while study II focused on serial position effects and forward making (interference produced by first stimulus on the…

This ESEA Title III bibliography presents books, films, filmstrips, and records that correlate with stories from selected third-grade basic reading books. 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 and birds,…

This ESEA Title III bibliography presents books, films, filmstrips, and records that can be used on the sixth-grade level. 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, poetry, fiction, science fiction,…

To demonstrate that substantial protection has been given to published material dealing with sex, an analysis of the constitutional criteria governing recent Supreme Court decisions in the area of obscenity censorship is presented. It is found that the Supreme Court uses "hard core pornography" as the foundation of a "constant" concept of…

Films function as a persuasive process in that they bring about a reinforcement or change in attitude, belief, or behavior by producing a cognitive restructuring of the audience's frame of reference. Organized research into the effects of films falls into two categories: macro-media studies exploring the way films reflect the psychological…

This is a list of curriculum improvement materials produced by major course and curriculum projects supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Pre-College Education in Science. The materials are grouped by educational level (elementary, intermediate, and secondary) and within each level by broad discipline groupings (mathematics,…

This document presents a continuation of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) review of science films and books. Each book or film review includes: grade level, the level of recommendation from "Highly recommended" to "Not recommended," bibliographic data, and ordering information. A special section is…

This guide focuses on communication skills within 17 courses: American literature 1 and 2, English literature 1 and 2, world literature 1 and 2, advanced composition, advanced literature, aovanced literature and composition l1and 2, film study, science fiction, modern writers, comic spirit, Afro-American literature, career English, and college…

Problems related to instructional materials and copyright laws have not been resolved. The use of the products of advanced technology in the classroom--videotaped, photocopied materials, close-circuit television, and individual cassette programs--has multiplied, but Congress has failed to pass any new legislation. As educators and librarians have…

The impact that mass media has had on secondary school children is stressed in this curriculum guide. Contents include a rationale for media education, major assumptions, aims, objectives, suggested learning experiences, and evaluation of mass media. A 94-item bibliography plus a list of primary and secondary student texts are included. (DS)

This study examined the effects of prosocial television programming and environmental conditions on positive interpersonal behavior of preschool children with their peers. Subjects, 3- to 5-year-olds from 13 Head Start classes, were assigned in class groups to one of four experimental treatments: (1) viewing neutral films and playing with…

Presented is a catalog of 232 visual materials (films, slides, or videotapes) relating to identification and management of handicapping conditions of preschool children. Section I contains information on 118 visuals including title, type, length, production date, producer, distributor, cost, an evaluative summary, audience, and sources in the…

Methods of instruction involved in an introductory, nontechnical college physics course were studied and compared. Students involved were divided into experimental and control groups respectively, about 50 in each group. The experimental group was instructed by lab method films for six experiments, while the control group was taught traditionally.…

The possibilities of using film to influence the positive self-image of the American Indian child and of gaining new insights into the applicability of film materials developed for one ethnic group to children of other ethnic groups were explored. Data were collected on 104 6th grade students from 3 schools on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in…

As part of an audiovisual bibliography series of materials in Bouillon Library, Central Washington State College, all materials thought to be of interest to children from preschool to sixth grade are listed. Films, filmstrips, and recordings are classified under 65 topics. Materials are summarized and details of length, sound, and rental fee are…