The selection matrix is an attempt to provide an efficient, effective, and practical basis for selecting the instructional medium possessing more specific learner-situation-task attributes than others. The selection matrix provides three important capabilities by (1) identifying a number of appropriate media and isolating them, (2) reducing the…

This catalog lists audiovisual materials that some members of the Association for Education in Journalism (AEJ) thought would be useful resources for other AEJ members. The catalog resulted from a questionnaire to which 36 of 190 (19%) AEJ member institutions responded. Part one covers films, filmstrips, slides, transparencies, and visual…

Design considerations for instruction for the deaf are discussed in the context of a specific CAI program to teach deaf children from 10 to 15 years old in a vocational or pre-vocational stream how to use a ruler. This includes the task, learner, and means analysis involved in the development of the program. The virtues of CAI as a medium or…

General guidelines for the writers of instructional materials are provided, with emphasis on clarity in the presentation of textual information and related graphic aids. Some basic points about typographic planning are presented for typographers and printers, as well as writers, and it is suggested that some typographic practices may actually…

This paper explains the use of intrinsic analysis procedures developed, as part of the Pennsylvania School Improvement Program (PSIP), to evaluate and choose curriculum materials and instructional programs. An intrinsic analysis, as distinct from an evaluation using outcome measures or classroom processes, employs research criteria to make…

This step-by-step manual presents a problem-solving technique for developing or improving educational programs. Used in Michigan by more than 40 school districts, the process is intended for use by school district curriculum development committees, curriculum selection committees, or other groups--especially those with individuals who have…

Based on the experience of 36 schools involved with the Northwest Reading Consortium, this manual presents a model of the instructional improvement process involved in that project. The instructional improvement process presented includes five stages: (1) assessing readiness, (2) developing a statement of the instructional problem, (3) making a…

This book is for teachers who wish to have a direct part in planning curricula. Part one discusses principles that teachers can use in making curriculum decisions in their classrooms and some concepts of the purposes a curriculum should serve. Part two outlines types of educational research studies and suggests ways of assessing them. A discussion…

This report on an investigation of available hardware which would support music peripherals in an instructional mode focuses on the application of microcomputers to the teaching of music. It discusses microprocessor-based PLATO instruction, hardware selection, and courseware transfer, and notes that experimental lesson results indicate that…

This study was conducted to investigate the cultural implications involved in introducing individualized instructional techniques in a developing country, and to assess the effectiveness of slide-tape methods on cognitive, affective, and production quality variables, using a combination of standard evaluation procedures and experimental design. An…

This discussion of the use of citation frequency data in judging a cluster or an entire collection of journals in academic libraries discusses the rationale for this methodology, and illustrates its application by examining citation counts in ISI's Journal Citation Reports (JCR) for periodicals in the area of communication research. The…

Designed for use by teachers, librarians, and media specialists, the slide/tape program described presents an introduction to the production and uses of educational slides in the classroom with emphasis on the relative ease of producing and using slides, as compared to other visual media. This paper includes discussions of the reasons for local…

This trainer's guide is designed for day care center directors and others responsible for teacher training and parent education who wish to develop and present workshops based on the manual, "Table Toys - A Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood." The guide is divided into six sections, called "sessions," which correspond to…

This is the summary of a larger paper describing the evolution of a mediated elementary accounting course at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. The course was initially developed as a 25 slide-tape lesson course which included 950 visuals and approximately 25 hours of instruction. One hundred students per semester took the course in the following…

As in the past, education has no choice but to put its best foot forward. There is tremendous competition for the community's attention, sympathy, and funds, and if education is to get its fair share of all of these, the public must be made aware of the schools' vitally important contributions to the nation's future. A forceful student council can…