The Joan Ganz Cooney Center has conducted a national survey of more than 1500 parents of children ages 2-10 to find out how much of children's media time is devoted to educational content, platform by platform, age by age. "Learning at Home: Families' Educational Media Use in America" is the first comprehensive analysis of parents'…

CIRCLE Working Paper #72 addresses whether efforts to systematically incorporate media into school curricula increases several elements of civic engagement, including students' media use, political knowledge or their sense of being able to understand and influence politics (internal political efficacy). In "The Classroom-Kitchen Table…

The booklet is designed to assist teachers in improving locally developed classroom tests. It is a collection of 674 sample multiple-choice questions (with scoring keys) intended primarily for use as pretests, quizzes, or final examinations by secondary level teachers. The questions are organized around four industrial arts subject areas: drawing,…

An instrument for analyzing curriculum materials based on the constructs of opportunity, motivation, structure, and instructional events, is presented. A series of questions designed to guide the evaluator through the process are offered and a selection chart for instructional products is included. (RAO)

This report provides background materials for a survey which is to be conducted for the Unit of Dissemination of the Kentucky Department of Education to determine what type of packaging is preferred by users for materials distributed by the Dissemination Unit, with emphasis on teacher attitudes toward non-print media in relation to print formats.…

Eight electronic learning aid products are reviewed. Prices and features are summarized. (MP)

A series of four questionnaires were mailed to schools in the state of Washington over a 12 year period to: (1) determine trends in media availability; (2) attempt to establish data for projections of media availability in the near future; and (3) consider geographic regions according to different availability. The surveys included 76 items…

This publication encompasses questions for Ceramics, Graphic Arts, Metals, and Plastics for the second of a series. The use of this publication and the previously published (1973) book containing resource items for Drawing, Electricity/Electronics, Power Mechanics, and Woods (ED 109 457) will provide complete coverage of the basic series courses…

Provides worksheet that can be used to calculate the costs of a complete training intervention, a needs assessment, an evaluation of a specific program, media production, or job aids. Developed in response to the General Motors Great Job Aid Contest, this aid includes a glossary of terms. (LRW)

Presents a checklist used to evaluate new, extensively revised, or vendor courses at the American Telephone and Telegraph Communications Center for Systems Education. The checklist is completed by both a subject matter expert taking the course as a student, and an instructional technologist familiar with systematic course development. (MBR)

Designed to provide a framework for systematically collecting data and information about media programs at the building and district levels, this workbook is intended for use as part of a formative evaluation process to accomplish the following goals: (1) assisting the local school district in organizing descriptive data for the purpose of…

Presented are two sets of forms--teacher level and national level--used by the National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped to evaluate and select appropriate instructional materials. The documents provide check lists for evaluating materials on the basis of identification of needs (such as learner characteristics,…

A project involving the evaluation of microcomputer courseware being marketed for school use was conducted in the Microcomputer Resource Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, during 1982 with funding from the Exxon Education Foundation. Every courseware package was evaluated by a team which included a subject matter expert, an…

Identifies a number of procedures and factors which may be of use to educators involved in the selection and implementation of a computer-assisted learning (CAL) application. Specific characteristics and attributes of the CAL medium are discussed and a brief review of research is provided. A reference list is attached. (Author/JL)

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,…