In order to meet the instructional support needs of a diverse student population, nine community colleges joined to form the Northern Illinois Learning Resources Cooperative (NILRC). Chartered as a not-for-profit corporation and initially funded with a grant from the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the aims of NILRC are to reduce duplication…

An experimental course in college teaching for graduate students in engineering and the natural sciences has been offered by the University of Texas at Austin. The program has also included students from a wide variety of academic disciplines. Most of the assignments and activities undertaken have been experientially based, but several tests and…

This report provides a description of the conceptualization and methods required to perform a cost effectiveness analysis in the field of instructional technology. The case study discussed involves a cost effectiveness comparison of four alternative systems for delivering continuing education instruction in management to several geographically…

In order to get a comprehensive view of the problems and present development of the transferability to other locations of computer-based learning materials, it is necessary to examine short-range versus long-range viewpoints and the distinctions between computer-related aspects and those aspects associated with innovative learning and teaching…

This annotated bibliography from the Materials Review and Evaluation Services lists reviewed and evaluated instructional media appropriate for school media centers in the area of mathematics. Educators should bear in mind that materials included in this list were selected from those which publishers chose to submit for evaluation and may assume…

This annotated list of resources for the bilingual and bicultural education of Mexican American children in grades 7 through 12 covers the following areas: (1) print resources, including literary works, information analyses, and historical and descriptive works for teacher use both within and outside the classroom; (2) professional resources,…

IN THIS COLLECTION OF ERGONOMICS ABSTRACTS AND ANNOTATIONS THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF CONCERN ARE REPRESENTED--GENERAL REFERENCES, METHODS, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT RELATING TO ERGONOMICS, SYSTEMS OF MAN AND MACHINES, VISUAL, AUDITORY, AND OTHER SENSORY INPUTS AND PROCESSES (INCLUDING SPEECH AND INTELLIGIBILITY), INPUT CHANNELS, BODY MEASUREMENTS,…

The purposes of the Conference on Adult Basic Education were to determine the most pressing problems facing American Spanish-speaking adults, and to establish collaborative and coordinated efforts to attack these problems. Problems discussed included acculturation processes, unemployment, political implications for Mexican Americans, establishment…

The purpose of this bibliography is to identify and to annotate the sources which can be helpful in presenting materials to deaf students and to reinforce learning in various vocational areas. Vocational resources for selected areas of vocational education were reviewed, evaluated, and annotated by two committee members in each of the following…

This annotated bibliography supplements, in one volume, "Reference List of Materials for English as a Second Language, Part 1" (see ED 014 723) and "Reference List of Materials for English as a Second Language, Part 2" (see ED 014 724). Materials are listed under the following categories: (1) Texts --general, pronunciation, grammar and usage,…

The proceedings include papers on computer translated braille (grade 2, display devices, recent developments), the new braille translation program and research at the American Printing House for the Blind, the braille electric typewriter, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology braille embosser, the braille reader, and braille transmission for…

Little is known about the teaching effectiveness of instructional media, particularly film and television. Accumulated research evidence applies to a generalized "average student," and thus to no one. There has been little concern for individual differences in interaction with instructional-media variables. The problem lies with the design of…

Techniques for developing and using informal reading inventories are listed. Concepts and purposes of the inventory are suggested, and reading levels are defined. Suggestions are offered for individual and group inventories, material preparation and analysis, question formation and selection, methods of scoring and recording, and methods of…

Objective cost estimates for planning and operating systems should be made after an assessment of administrative factors (school environment) and instructional factors (learning objectives, type of presentation). Specification of appropriate sensory stimuli and the design of alternative systems also precede cost estimations for production,…

The need to develop in children a desire to read and an appreciation of worthwhile reading materials is discussed. Each chapter is written by an authority and covers a different aspect of children's library book reading. Topics discussed include: the courage and valor of characters in books and the importance of these to children; the authors of…