A little imagination, a little drama, a little mystery. Using the guided inquiry model in this updated, second edition, students become detectives at Information Headquarters. They solve a mystery-and enhance their problem-solving and literacy skills. Middle school is a crucial time in the development of problem-solving, critical-thinking, and…

Papers from an international conference on research on textbooks and educational media are presented, grouped into four content areas. The first, Textbooks and Curricular Reform, contains: (1) The Norwegian CanonIs It Nationally Conditioned? (Bente Aamotsbakken); (2) Estonian Language Textbooks for Russian Schools and Their Accordance with New…

This hard cover manual annotates 270 selected published lists of audiovisual and other instructional media. Section I covers comprehensive lists. Section II covers lists by subjects as taught in grades K-12. Science, social studies, ethnic groups, and vocational education have detailed subdivisions. Section III is arranged by media in the areas of…

General guidelines for the writers of instructional materials are provided, with emphasis on clarity in the presentation of textual information and related graphic aids. Some basic points about typographic planning are presented for typographers and printers, as well as writers, and it is suggested that some typographic practices may actually…

This list of books, equipment, and supplies in speech offers several hundred resources selected by individual advertisers. The resources are divided into such categories as fundamentals of speech; public address; communication; radio, television, and film; theatre; speech and hearing disorders; speech education; dictionaries and other references;…

A detailed examination of the many faceted and interrelated steps requisite to the rational design, production, and operational management of a validated learning experience mediated by technology is presented. The eight phases in instructional design within which the book operates are: 1) the frame of reference within which the instruction must…

Collected here are articles by 24 authors on the art of creative teaching through the use of media. This collection is divided into two main parts. Part I entitled "Why?" is comprised of general essays and conversations on teaching. Part II entitled "How and Why?" covers creative teaching with sample experiences and discussions of materials and…

A guide illustrated with simple sketches explains the functions and step-by-step uses of audiovisual (AV) equipment. Principles of projection, audio, AV equipment, lettering, limited-quantity and quantity duplication, and materials preservation are outlined. Apparatus discussed include overhead, opaque, slide-filmstrip, and multiple-loading slide…

The information contained in this booklet is designed to assist teachers at all levels (K through college) in planning, preparing, and supplementing science courses and topics. Appearing in a bibliographic format, science resource information is listed including: (1) suppliers of scientific materials, equipment, laboratory furniture, audiovisual…

For media center volunteers or inexperienced technicians, a workshop training guide provides reference and assistance in everyday problems and situations that arise in an instructional material center (IMC). Two five-hour days of instruction and participation, using the guide, are suggested for workshops. Step-by-step processing of book materials,…

A survey conducted in December 1971 for the Educational Media staff of the University of Iowa collected data on use of educational media from principals, audiovisual directors, librarians and teachers in 80 elementary and secondary schools. Administrators and teachers were asked about training in media needed on the job. Both groups indicated more…

This working paper describes matters of copyright as they relate to teachers in Great Britain who wish to use copyrighted materials. An explanation of the principles of copyright law is followed by statements as to the present conditions of use by teachers of specific copyrighted materials: printed matter, recordings, films and photographs,…

The National Education Association (NEA) in conjunction with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Library of Medicine, The Alaska Broadcasting Commission, and the Pacific PEACESAT Network, conducted four satellite experiments designed to improve professional communication among teachers. These programs were the Satellite…

This source book, one part of a three-part NSTA series on energy-environment, is written for teachers who wish to incorporate material on the complex subject of energy into their teaching. This work is divided into two volumes, each with numerous tables and figures, along with appendices containing a glossary, mathematics primer, heat engine…

The materials for this course in the Ait Mgild dialect of Tamazight, one of the three main languages into which the Berber dialects of Morocco are grouped, include this textbook, 32 tape recordings, and 260 colored slides keyed to the lessons. Lesson material on each tape does not exceed 26 minutes. The remaining four to eight minutes of the tape…