A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AND TEACH A HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS COURSE VIA TELEVISION WAS PRESENTED. A FACULTY MAMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HEADED THE PROGRAM. THE FIRST 1-YEAR COURSE WAS BEGUN IN SEPTEMBER 1956, CONSISTING OF 162 DAILY HALF-HOUR LESSONS, TELECAST TO 26 LOCAL CLASSES. DURING THE TELECASTS, PHOTOGRAPHY WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH…

AN EARLY MORNING TELEVISION COURSE IN ELEMENTARY FRENCH IS DESCRIBED. THE COURSE IS CONDUCTED PRIMARILY IN FRENCH AND BUILDS FROM ZERO KNOWLEDGE, TEACHING A SMALL HIGH-UTILITY VOCABULARY. INTAKE OF VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE IS GENTLY GRADED IN SENTENCES MADE UNDERSTANDABLE BY MEANS OF PICTURE-SITUATIONS. EACH LESSON CONSISTS OF THE FILM LESSON OF…

PURPOSES OF THE EXPERIMENT WERE TO DISCOVER WHETHER THE ADDITION OF AUDITORY AND VISUAL OUTLINES TO INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS WOULD INCREASE LEARNING, TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF ADDING OUTLINE MATERIAL TO FILMS WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF INTRINSIC ORGANIZATION, TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL IN THE OUTLINES, AND TO DETERMINE…

THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDES ABSTRACTS OF 350 EXPERIMENTS IN INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION AND INSTRUCTIONAL FILM SINCE 1950. EACH ABSTRACT DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM, SAMPLE, SUBJECT TAUGHT, KEY VARIABLES, AND CRITERION INSTRUMENTS. RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY DATA, AND STATISTICS, WHEN AVAILABLE, ARE ALSO GIVEN. THE INTRODUCTION REVIEWS RESEARCH TRENDS. AUTHOR AND…

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS ON DATA PROCESSING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, NUMERICAL CONTROL, AND OTHER AREAS RELATED TO AUTOMATION AND COMPUTERIZATION ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER AND ANNOTATED IN MOST CASES. THE LISTING FROM 72 SOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES INCLUDES 100 FILMS, 84 FILMSTRIPS, AND 31 SLIDE SETS. A SEPARATE LIST OF 12 ASSORTED AIDS FROM…

A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, KNOWN AS "PROJECT DISCOVERY," WAS CREATED AND OPERATED BY FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SEVERAL PARTICIPATING COMMERCIAL AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS. THE PURPOSE OF THE DEMONSTRATION WAS TO CREATE SINGLE-BUILDING AUDIOVISUAL FACILITIES WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE MOST OF THE LOGISTICAL AND TECHNICAL PROBLEMS…

THIS DOCUMENT DISCUSSES STATEWIDE METHODS OF IMPROVING THE DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS. THE AUTHORS PRESENT A HISTORICAL TREATMENT OF NEW YORK STATE'S AUDIOVISUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, AND THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY ABOUT MOTION PICTURE EQUIPMENT AND FILM USE. THE REPORT ALSO DEALS WITH (1) THE GENERAL HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS, BY TITLE, 113 FILMS, WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND ACQUISITION ADDRESSES. THERE ARE 32 FREE, 40 RENTAL, 38 PURCHASE, AND THREE TELEVISION SHORT FILMS IN THE LIST. (DD)

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF ONE'S EXPRESSED CONCEPT OF HIS PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN SELECTED MOTOR SKILLS IS CHANGED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF VIEWING MOTION PICTURES OF HIMSELF PERFORMING THESE SAME SKILLS. SIXTY-FIVE COLLEGE STUDENTS 17 TO 21 YEARS OF AGE, PARTICIPATED. EACH SUBJECT PERFORMED FIVE MOTOR SKILLS IN SEQUENCE (1) WALKED 30 FEET…

The annotated filmography published by the National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped lists more than 700 films about teaching handicapped children. Each entry includes an abstract indicating the film's content and indexing terms chosen from a list of 200 subject headings. Definitions of the 200 subject headings are…

This study was conducted to compare national self-sufficiency in two media--book and film--to determine to what extent books and films in 39 countries are of domestic and foreign origin, and to find the direction of flow. Statistical findings are compared with findings from a 1973 study on the structure and origin of television programmes in 51…

Intended as a reference for students in film and television, this guide for 1975-76 contains pertinent information on media courses in over 80 Canadian colleges and universities. The schools are arranged according to provinces and a complete description of individual course offerings is given. A listing of filmography monographs, and brief…

Violence in contemporary arts, and particularly film, is investigated from several points of view in this book. Violence is considered in relation to the history and political developments of the twentieth century, as well as to psychological and emotional appeal and response to violence. The discussion is divided into the following chapters:…

This document includes abstracts of 350 experiments in instructional television and instructional film since 1950. Each abstract describes the problem, sample, subject taught, key variables, and criterion instruments. Reliability and validity data, and statistics, when available, are also given. The introduction reviews research trends, author and…