The literature on instructional design argues that curricula, educational materials, and instructional strategies are best created using a systems approach, and models for the systematic design of educational programs have proliferated over the past decade. However, these models are prescriptive and not based on research into how designers…

Forms that social studies teachers can use to evaluate sponsored materials and guest speakers are provided. Sponsoring organizations prepare instructional materials that they would like to be used as presented. They often argue for the quality of the materials based on the facts that they were prepared by educators; contain objectives,…

This paper outlines trends in organizational communication studies and proposes that organizational communication be studied through the interaction effects of the medium used in the communication (telephone, television, facsimile, or other media), the type of communication (persuasion, information flow, or negotiation), and the structure of the…

This paper discusses the important link between social stucture and communications systems and explores some of the practical policy implications resulting from this relationship. First, the concept of social structure as the basis of a pattern of communication is clarified. Then, one paradigm of communication structure typical of many Third World…

This document is one of a series of reports which reviews instructional materials and equipment for water and wastewater treatment plant personnel. A system is presented to assist in standardizing the production of lesson plans and instructional materials in the water quality control field. A procedure for selecting appropriate instructional media…

This paper explores ways in which practitioners can use research findings in their daily jobs--to keep up to date, to support program proposals, to substantiate budget requests, to improve selection of media, to evaluate services and communication, and to compare methods of instruction in the use of materials. Specific studies are reviewed and…

There is a wide range of communication needs in rural development programs, including the need to develop comprehensive communication strategies for program fulfillment. Such strategies call for communication specialists whose expertise transcends the "information" role and includes the whole process of development. This process must not neglect…

Random samples of 786 Indianapolis, Indiana, residents and 413 residents of The Netherlands were interviewed in a study of media-related gratifications. Although the Dutch and American cultures and media systems differ considerably, a number of striking similarities emerged in the findings of this study, including similarities for the relative…

This guide provides secondary business teachers with ideas for teaching shorthand and evaluating students. Content is presented in six sections. The first section lists seven behavioral objectives for shorthand instruction. Section 2 presents strategies (suggestions) for handling the various components of shorthand instruction and includes…

This collection of five papers provides guidance and background reading for librarians in the use of films, educational television, audiolearning, programmed learning, and visual learning in the presentation of library instruction programs. The instructional media discussed in each guide are intended to complement and supplement oral classroom and…

The details and process of evaluating computerized instructional materials are presented for the major classes of such materials, i.e., courseware--the set of computer programs with which the student interacts directly to learn--and instructional software--the instructional facilities, services, or general operations which include management and…

The Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments (TPAI), designed to determine (for certification purposes) how well teachers can demonstrate certain minimum teaching skills considered essential to effective teaching, are reproduced in this document. The five evaluating instruments used are: (1) teaching plans and materials; (2) classroom…

This study compared childrens' apprehension of an unfamiliar story either read to them from an illustrated book or presented as a comparable televised film. Subjects were 48 children, 24 of them six to seven years old, and 24 nine to ten years old, who were randomly assigned to one medium condition and individually presented the story. Response…

This preliminary directory represents the offerings of 45 software suppliers and information about instructional software currently available for three microcomputers widely used in schools. It is geared towards a wide variety of users including school planners contemplating microcomputer acquisition, teachers planning courses and curricula, media…

The purpose of this module is to instruct Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees in the selection, maintenance, placing and use of equipment and materials in the preschool for maximum safety for children and staff. The instructions also show how the trainee can teach children to locate, use and replace equipment and indicate how the trainee…