The youth media movement, which now has a place in countless venues, communities, and scholarly discourses, reflects an evolution of practices pioneered in the 1950s and 1960s as amateur filmmaking increasingly became a reality in American families and schools. In this paper, we examine the films of Robert J. Clark, Jr. as a representative early…

A TECHNIQUE FOR THE TEACHING OF SPELLING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IS PRESENTED WHICH INCLUDES KINESTHETIC, AUDITORY, AND VISUAL INVOLVEMENT. EMPHASIS IS PLACED UPON TOTAL WORD RECALL, UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD'S MEANING, AND USE OF THE WORDS IN CONTEXTUAL SENTENCES. STUDY SHEETS ARE PREPARED BEFOREHAND WITH THE WORDS AND SENTENCES ON THEM WHICH…

IT WAS DETERMINED THAT INDEPENDENT READING ACTIVITIES SHOULD BASICALLY GROW FROM AND BE RELATED TO THE READING MATERIALS BEING USED IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL LESSONS. THEY MAY ALSO INCLUDE MATERIALS OF A NATURE SO AS TO PROVIDE WORTHWHILE PRACTICE, CONCEPT BUILDING, OR ENRICHMENT LEARNINGS. MANY RECOMMENDED EXAMPLES OF SUITABLE READING ACTIVITIES AT…

This annotated bibliography cites books on Pennsylvania history for use in elementary and middle school classrooms. Because the list is selective, the author assumes that users will identify and read additional materials on their own. There are four major sections. The first two sections cite print materials for elementary and middle schools. The…

THE POSITION TAKEN IS THAT A PREWRITING PROGRAM OF FROM APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 6 WEEKS WILL AID CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING THE NEURO-MUSCULAR COORDINATION NECESSARY IN LEARNING TO WRITE. CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT TO TRACE AND THEN REPRODUCE VARIOUS FIGURES INVOLVING ALL OF THE BASIC STROKES OF MANUSCRIPT. EXAMPLES ARE INCLUDED. IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT SUCCESS OF…

A survey questionnaire was sent to 200 academic libraries in Pennsylvania to identify those that were involved in library instruction and to ascertain the content of such programs. This directory is the product of the survey and presents the information collected. The 67 responding libraries are listed in alphabetical order. The questionnaire used…

EXPERIMENTS WERE DEVISED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THESE WERE CONCERNED WITH WHETHER (1) METHODS OF LESSON PREPARATION AND TRYOUT COULD USE STUDENT RESPONSES TO REVISE AND IMPROVE A TELEVISION LESSON, (2) METHODS OF ELICITING ACTIVE STUDENT RESPONSE DURING INSTRUCTION COULD INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF LEARNING, AND (3)…

A look at a student run project of local origination programing for education at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, High School. (HB)

Described are educational facilities, development, objectives, and educational programs of the instructional media room of a Warminster, Pennsylvania elementary school. (CB)

THIS STUDY WAS PHASE 1 OF A 2-PHASE PROJECT DESIGNED TO CHANGE TEACHER BEHAVIOR WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVED CLASSROOM UTILIZATION OF NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA. PHASE 1 TRIED TO INCREASE TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF MEDIA VIA A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, "THE CIRCULATOR," DISTRIBUTED IN 5 DISSEMINATION PATTERNS TO 2,200 EDUCATORS IN PENNSYLVANIA. A…

The needs of teachers for high-demand and seasonal films have been met by a cooperative effort of the Berks County Educational Television Committee, local school districts, the Berks and Suburban TV cable companies and the Berks County Intermediate Unit in a project called Operation Cooperation. Regionalization of the instructional media services…

Participation by Wilkes College in the Pennsylvania Regional Instructional System for Education (PRISE) Regional Cooperative Computing Activities program for the period July 1971 through June 1974 is summarized, and problems and successes identified. Loss of faculty members trained in the program and loss of interest of some of the others because…

THIS IS A SOURCE MANUAL TO ASSIST TEACHERS OF PROGRAMED ALGEBRA IN PROVIDING FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AMONG STUDENTS. THE MATERIAL WAS INTENDED FOR ASSIGNMENT TO SELECTED STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS TO SATISFY VARIOUS ABILITIES AND TALENTS. IN ADDITION TO REFERENCE LISTS ON FILMS AND FILMSTRIPS, PRINTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES WERE PREPARED…

This bibliography lists a library collection of educational resources on topics in nutrition which are available to elementary and secondary teachers who need information and instructional aids to help them implement nutrition education into the existing curriculum. Two hundred seven entries of nutrition education resources comprise this…