Describes a study that compared two methods of structuring textual material--information mapping and programmed instruction--on the basis of their ability to facilitate recall and subsequent retrieval of information by college students enrolled in an introductory media course. (Author)

Discusses four fundamental concepts of instructional technology that offer challenges to, and hence constitute impetus for, improving teacher education: use of a systems approach, exploration and application of all means and all media to achieve its ends, commitment to research findings, and emphasis on improving learning. (Author/JD)

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper reports on one computer-based educational application, the PLATO system. The system began in 1960 and changes over the years are described, as well as current capabilities. Potential uses of PLATO with the deaf, blind, and multiply handicapped, using adapted terminals, are…

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper reports on the status of the National Media Center for Severely Handicapped Persons. Listed among the six major objectives of the center is the location and retrieval of instructional media materials. (PHR)

Presents an interview with Jack L. Copeland, President of Training Media Distributors Association on training and the copyright-piracy problem. Discusses video piracy and other unauthorized uses of materials in relation to the new copyright law. (CSS)

Discusses the evaluation process for school media programs: (1) what is evaluation, (2) why evaluate, and (3) how to evaluate. (Author)

Emphasizes the potential use of a district-level evaluation of school media programs as an aid in planning and decision making. Quantitative and qualitative measurement of media program components are considered. (JD)

The design and development of a student produced, three credit/no credit televised course on human sexuality at Michigan State University is reviewed. The need for the course, its structure, and student reaction are presented. (RAO)

Explains how the pictures in history textbooks are potentially useful as teaching aids in social studies courses. Illustrations (reproductions of paintings, historical photographs, woodcuts, lithographs, and engravings, etc.) are important because they may be the only primary source materials to which students will be exposed. (Author/DB)

Describes a seven-level taxonomy intended to assist design teams to produce more generalized, flexible media to support instruction. The levels are defined as jargon and definitions, component point recognition, awareness of purpose, components of usage skill, awareness of sequences, skill performance or application of relationships, and…

Reviews important supervision functions that support quality media programs in school libraries at the district level. (Author/CMV)

Discusses the importance of interviewing all personnel involved in media services and curriculum for effective education. (Author)

Describes a technique for encoding both visual images and audio signals on a 12-inch long playing disc that could provide educators with a limitless structure of information. (FL)

Investigates the extent to which hand calculators are used in elementary school mathematics classes in Sweden. Also evaluates benefits and disadvantages of teaching and learning mathematics with the aid of calculators as opposed to more traditional methods. (DB)

Investigates the relationships of anxiety levels and instruction effects in a creativity-testing situation with sixth-grade students. Results of analysis of variance indicated that anxiety is negatively related to creativity test scores. It is interesting that there is no instruction effect and that the anxiety-instruction interaction is not…