The Computer Based Project for the Evaluation of Media for the Handicapped conducted a study to determine teachers' attitudes toward the project and his/her knowledge of project operations. Twenty-three teachers participated in interviews focused on three major areas: the student, the teachers, and the project. An interview checklist of 12 items…

An evaluation is provided of ten fundamentally different techniques applicable for choosing instructional media for proposed Navy training programs. The evaluative method used employed six training system designers, each of whom applied the chosen techniques to a sample of seven representative training tasks. The results of these applications were…

This project was designed to secure and screen available education materials appropriate for actualization of Comprehensive Career Education Model-1 (CCEM-1) objectives, and to process, assess, and classify selected potential commercial education materials for incorporation into instructional units and/or supportive educational activities. To…

Observations about future patterns of media program development as media and instructional strategies become united. (Author)

Operationalizes the theoretical foundation of Gagne's model as a component in the instructional design process. The description of design techniques includes a sample media analysis, and a sample sequence worksheet. (JEG)

An historical discussion of three types of film--teaching, information, and entertainment--is presented. The numbers of films in each category, especially the last, which includes the animated, unnarrated, iconographic, underground, and avant-garde, has grown substantially. Libraries have quickly accepted all except the revolutionary philosophies…

A form for evaluating various types of instructional materials, including their appropriateness to the learning environment and prior field testing, is presented. (RAO)

Selection and modification of instructional materials to meet the needs of handicapped students are considered. (CL)

The article describes three steps to help business teachers choose appropriate teaching aids: (1) identify the sources of instructional materials; (2) evaluate the materials, using a variety of criteria; and (3) select materials that avoid potential problems. (MF)

In Finland, German ranks third among foreign languages taught, and is declining. To encourage its study, one should avoid using long and uninteresting textbooks. As examples of good texts, W. Biermann's "Soldatenlied" and "Kleinstadtsonntag" are suggested. These portray facets of postwar Germany. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Guidelines developed by the Media Production and Review Service are presented to assist those who select and use career-related media. Single copies of NVGA's Guidelines are available for $1.00 (Order No. 72214) through APGA Publication Sales, 1607 New Hampshire Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. (Author)

Provides samples from an annotated list of children's films, with an attached list of the films' distributors. (RL)

The selection of educational films for the Captioned Films program for deaf persons is a curriculum process that involves educators from 25 schools across America. (Author/IM)

A non-computerized system which is intended to facilitate teacher access to audiovisual instructional materials, uses edge-notched cards. (STS)

A discussion of the many ways that audiovisual aids can support language instruction concludes that the use of audiovisuals is intimately tied to the conditions under which instruction takes place. (MSE)