Program animation systems have not been as widely adopted by computer science educators as we might expect from the firm belief that they can help in enhancing computer science education. One of the most notable obstacles to their adoption is the considerable effort that the production of program animations represents for the instructor. We…

This article describes an approach to developing student reading materials that support middle school learners in a project-based, inquiry curriculum for grades 6 through 8. Reading materials are designed to encourage sense making beyond the classroom, as students read and write about science as it takes place in a classroom and as it occurs in…

This article features several educators whose classroom, school, and district-wide projects offered this year's most inventive and successful examples of bringing technology-based learning to K-12 students. A middle school teacher used grant money to fund a weekly student news broadcast. A technology director created video booths to reveal to…

This paper reports a corpus-based lexical study of the most frequently used medical academic vocabulary in medical research articles (RAs). A Medical Academic Word List (MAWL), a word list of the most frequently used medical academic words in medical RAs, was compiled from a corpus containing 1 093 011 running words of medical RAs from online…

In many cases advanced instructional products, such as computer-based training, e-learning programs, simulations, and simulators are not designed by experienced instructional designers, but by novices: subject matter experts, teachers, instructors, or inexperienced designers. The literature indicates that these novices do not always have the…

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDS FOR MICROFICHE-- THE FLAT CARD FORM OF MICROFILM--FOR USE WITH EXISTING EQUIPMENT. (LH)

An experiment was conducted to determine if the use of rules to guide revisions has generalizable effects across programs and programers. The hypothesis was that pupil achievement would be greater for instructional programs revised according to specified rules than for unrevised programs. Each of 10 programers produced a self-instructional…

The parent of a young disabled child describes a tray pad she made for the child's wheelchair that provokes greeting responses of other people. (CL)

The experiment reported here sought to determine whether the use of rules to guide revisions has generalizable effects across programs and programmers, with the hypothesis that pupil achievement would be greater for first draft instructional programs revised according to specified rules than pupil achievement for unrevised programs." (Author)

Examines the possibility of physically placing the confirmation of responses made by students in programed instruction somewhere other than immediately after the question. (AA)

Looks at the need to clarify instructional objectives in order to achieve simplicity in instructional design. (AA)

A brief account of the advantages gained by the cooperation of the instructional resources office with the community relations office of a junior college district. (LS)