In 2007, Hamilton College, Colgate University, and St. Lawrence University received a grant from the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) Instructional Innovation Fund to take stock of the ways in which multimodal assignments were being used on campuses and to look in particular at the ways in which such assignments…

Case study teaching had a long tradition in law and business before it made the jump to medical school education in the form of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in the 1970s. Today, both the University of Delaware's Clearinghouse and the University of Buffalo's National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (NCCSTS) have hundreds of cases and…

Slavery and the Making of America, a four-part series from PBS, is airing throughout the United States during February 2005. This landmark series examines the history of slavery in the United States and the significant role it played in shaping the development of the Nation. This article describes the series, including online resources, and…

Article describes the summer colony built around a program of religion, culture, education, and recreation, the Institution on Chautauqua Lake at Chautauqua, New York. (Author)

FOURTEEN SETS OF EDUCATIONAL TV UTILIZATION GUIDE SHEETS WERE PREPARED AS TEACHER AIDS. THESE SHEETS COVER SUCH AREAS AS SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECT, SUGGESTED PREPARATION (PRETELECAST), KEY WORDS, WHAT PUPILS SHOULD LOOK AND LISTEN FOR, SUGGESTED FOLLOWUP ACTIVITIES, SUGGESTED RELATED ACTIVITIES, SUGGESTED EVALUATION, AND SUGGESTED RELATED MATERIALS.…

A look at a math course developed at Kingsborough (New York) Community College, in which an extraordinary number of innovations are integrated into a single instructional program. (Author/HB)

Issues are discussed that may help school boards become more aware of what instructional technology can and should do for students. The discussion is limited to computers and their relationship to other electronic learning technologies. The issues are organized according to policy and planning, staff, curriculum, equity, and funding. The…

MATERIALS ARE PRESENTED WHICH EMPHASIZE INFORMAL LEARNING THROUGH SENSORY EXPERIENCES. SINCE MUCH OF THE CHILD'S ENCOUNTER WITH NUMBERS AT THIS LEVEL IS INCIDENTAL, THE INTENT IS TO PROVIDE A CONCRETE APPROACH FOR THIS AGE GROUP. THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARE COVERED--(1) SUGGESTED COUNTING ACTIVITIES, (2) GROUPING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DANCING GAMES WITH…

THIS DOCUMENT IS THE END PRODUCT OF A PROGRAM TO BRING TOGETHER THE SOURCES OF AVAILABLE MATERIALS CONCERNING AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION AND TO PROVIDE A GUIDE FOR EASY ACCESSIBILITY. AN ANNOTATED LIST OF MOTION PICTURES, KINESCOPES, FILMSTRIPS, SLIDESETS, RECORDINGS, AND TAPES CONCERNED WITH AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION IS INCLUDED. THE GUIDE IS…

A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON MENTAL RETARDATION WAS COMPILED AS AN AID FOR PERSONS CONCERNED WITH REHABILITATION. THE 248 PUBLICATIONS INCLUDED IN THE LIST RELATE REHABILITATION READINGS TO SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ARE GROUPED AMONG THE FOLLOWING GENERAL HEADINGS--COMMUNITY CONCERNS, INSTITUTIONS, PERSONALITY FACTORS, PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SCHOOL SUBJECT…

Data are presented from a survey of each of 30 New York State community colleges: Adirondack, Broome, Cayuga, Clinton, Columbia-Greene, Corning, Dutchess, Erie/City, Erie/North, Erie/South, Finger Lakes, Fulton-Montgomery, Genesee, Herkimer, Hudson Valley, Jamestown, Jefferson, Mohawk Valley, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, North Country, Orange,…

TEACHER AIDS TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE GIVEN. AFTER PRESENTING A BACKGROUND ON THE NEGRO'S ROLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE GUIDE OFFERS A SET OF DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. A SECTION ON THE PUERTO RICAN IS OFFERED IN THE SAME TEACHING STYLE. GUIDES ON TEACHING THE CULTURALLY DIFFERENT CHILD ARE PRESENTED,…

Activities and accomplishments of the Institute for Research and Development in Occupational Education during 1978-1979 are discussed in this annual report, highlights of which include (1) production of a film dealing with sex equity; (2) development of a parallel Spanish version of the Career and Occupational Development test; (3) a second year…

The Nassau Educational Resource Center is a multimedia, multi-area curriculum and instructional materials center, with an educational communications training component. The catalog contains listings of the professional resources made available at the Center in the area of multi-ethnic studies by the Racial Ethnic Action Project (REAP). REAP,…

Data are presented from a survey of each of 34 New York State community colleges: Adirondack, Broome, Cayuga, Clinton, Columbia-Greene, Corning, Dutchess, Erie/City, Erie/North, Erie/South, Finger Lakes, Fulton-Montgomery, Genesee, Herkimer, Hudson Valley, Jamestown, Jefferson, Mohawk Valley, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, North Country, Onondaga,…