Newsreel, a group of independent filmmaking and distribution organizations around the country, has made over 60 documentaries in conjunction with grass-roots organizers to serve as catalysts for social change. Films are listed under topics such as the student movement, the G.I. movement, women, labor struggles, and third world struggles in the…

This is the first of twenty-five How To Do It guides which offer practical classroom techniques for elementary and secondary social studies teachers. Classroom techniques on how to use a motion picture in a social studies classroom is the focus of this bulletin. Information is included on reasons and purposes for using a film and step-by-step…

Cognitive categories in infants that have relevance for linguistic development were investigated. "Agent" and "recipient," the categories chosen, are relational categories which by definition involve action. This experiment explored infants' (48 males, 14-24 months of age) sensitivity to certain "action parameters" of events. The question of…

A study was devised to investigate the effectiveness of predicting success and failure in an individualized multimedia course in electronics. The media available included programed texts, slides, 16 mm. films, and textbooks. Measures of psychological and ability factors of the 136 subjects who participated were taken by means of the Edwards…

Small segments of original film footage relating to discrete historical subjects that range from battle scenes of the Spanish-American War to the first steps of man on the moon have been gathered from archival sources and packaged into a Super-8 cartridged film format. The films run less than five minutes and are silent. They are not aimed at any…

Three films were produced to serve as instructional aids in teaching the rhythmic gymnastic skills of performing with clubs, balls, and hoops. The content of the films was determined with the aid of specialists in rhythmic gymnastics. To evaluate the films as aids to instruction, 170 women enrolled in elementary physical education courses were…

Titles and prices for filmstrips with records, filmstrips, films, cassettes, film loops, disc recordings for utilization as audiovisual resources for library services for the mentally retarded are listed. A list of publishers and distributors of suitable educational and library materials is also provided. (AB)

This is an anthology of reviews and critical pieces of the significant and available Shakespearean films made between 1935 and 1966. Included are three general essays on Shakespearean film by Ian Johnson, Henri Lemaitre, and Geoffrey Reeves. The specific films and their reviewers are: A Midsummer's Night Dream (1935) Allardyce Nicoll and Richard…

The aim of this book is to enable everyone working with light in photography, cinematography, and television to build a methodical, rational foundation for techniques from which personal creativity can grow. Fundamentals about the nature of light are explored in a first chapter, and similarities and differences between the eye and the camera in…

Investigated was the effect of the use of 20 Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) Single Topic Inquiry Films upon the critical thinking abilities and process skills of high school sophomores enrolled in BSCS Blue Version biology. Instruments used were the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal and Processes of Science Test. The results…

The purposes of this study were to determine the feasibility of group testing of conservation and examine the differential performance of students drawn from various populations. The effects of three factors were examined: grade level (2, 4, 6), SES (disadvantaged, advantaged, and race (Black, White, Latin). (Author)

More than 200 companies which produce videocassette hardware and software are listed in this 150-page catalog. The first section of the catalog is an alphabetical listing of the major producers and distributors of videocassettes and related equipment in the U. S. and nineteen other countries. Each listing describes the main products of each…

The approximately 300 films reviewed for this bibliography are placed into three categories: those considered appropriate for undergraduate courses in geology or earth science; those considered not appropriate for this use; and those judged to be too elementary. The 160 films considered appropriate are listed alphabetically by title with this…

This is an annotated listing of 455 films on hydrology, as well as on many allied fields. This second edition, much more comprehensive than the first, is not intended to serve as a critical evaluation, but should be used solely as a source of information as to what films are available. All films are listed alphabetically according to their titles…

THE EFFECTS OF SELECTIVE MANIPULATION OF PICTORIAL CONTENT UPON PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING WERE TESTED AND EVALUATED. STIMULUS MATERIAL WAS VARIED BY AUGMENTING CONTOUR CUES AND DIMINISHING IRRELEVANT CUES. FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS WERE ASSIGNED TO NINE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS, INVOLVING STIMULUS SLIDES THAT VARIED IN TREATMENT OF CONTOUR AND CONTEXTUAL…