This study examined the question of whether the integration of abstract and realistic visualization can improve the effectiveness of visualized instruction. Two methods of integrating visualizations were investigated. The first method used hybrid illustrations, i.e., a real color photograph into which a line drawing segment has been inserted. This…

Intended for use with Kits 1-4 of the Fine Arts instructional strand, the supplement contains visual aids designed to help the teacher successfully carry out the activities included in the teacher's guide. The illustrations are provided to help stimulate oral language and conceptual development. Some of them are designed to be cut out for…

Ongoing research programs conducted at General Motors Institute are motivated by the practical objective of improving the company's organizational effectiveness. Computer technology is being used whenever possible; for example, a technique developed by Herman Chernoff was used to process data from a survey of employee attitudes into 18 different…

Investigations linking communication media experiences and self-concepts suggest that changes in the self-concept of Afro-American students may be acutely affected in instructional environments through group activities employing mediated approaches, participation in the media as producers rather than consumers, and instruction through visual…

This unit on Spanish proverbs for second year students includes five main lessons, each dealing with a different way of using proverbs to teach or reinforce certain grammatical points and vocabulary. Each exercise and suggested vocabulary list also has a corresponding transparency. Lesson one contains 18 Spanish proverbs which have a common…

This paper is an introduction to the fundamentals of the art (including architecture) slide library, with some emphasis on basic procedures of the science slide library. Information in this paper is particularly relevant to the college, university, and museum slide library. Topics addressed include: (1) history of the slide library; (2) duties of…

This yearbook contains a report from the president of the Australian Society of Educational Technology and five articles: Theory and Practice in Educational Technology; The Use of Learning Theory in Teaching; Designing Visual Messages; Educational Technology--A Bibliography of Reference Material; and Planning and Evaluating the Use of Audio-Visual…

The first section of this pamphlet illustrates and describes the overhead projector, and discusses several of its advantages over other projection devises, including its simplicity of operation, conservation of class time, dynamic effects, image size, etc. The second section describes in some detail materials and methods used to make visuals, then…

Eleven potential relationships exist among simultaneously presented messages in multi-image lectures. These are redundancy, cross-modality redundancy, generic/specific relationships, comparison/contrast, interaction of variables, parallel messages, analogical messages, temporal relationships, spatial relationships, generic concepts, and ideograms.…

The objective of the handbook is to acquaint the inexperienced instructor with the essential factors in the teaching situation: (1) various teaching methods, (2) effective teaching (with self-evaluation instruments), (3) how to plan and present the lesson, (4) preparing and utilizing audiovisual aids, (5) a list of sources for instructional…

The trainer's manual and the 45 associated transparencies are intended for use with small groups of parents of handicapped children. Introductory sections provide information on the evolution of the program, the nature of the program, program goals, utilization of the program, sequencing the visuals, and increasing parent involvement. An article…

College teachers attending an NSF-sponsored summer workshop (1974) produced a series of films showing computer displays of mathematical problems and phenomena. These instructional materials are organized into four units: (1) functions and graphs; (2) analysis; (3) probability, statistics, and simulation; and (4) mathematical models. They are keyed…

Intended for a 1- or 2-month curriculum in auto mechanics, this student manual on automotive pollution control was developed by a subject matter specialist at an area vocational school and tested in a vocational auto shop. Intended either for use in an integrated curriculum or for use in teaching pollution control as a separate course, these 12…

Research measured the attention of deaf children to captioned visuals using a conjugate reinforcement procedure. The subjects were six deaf children aged eight to 15, whose IQs fell within the normal range. The stimulus material consisted of slides produced from a captioned filmstrip; subjects controlled the presentation of the stimulus via a…

This revised edition of a basic primer in human relations for job situations will prove useful both as a training tool and as a reference. In order to promote positive attitudes, especially for students starting out in the world of work, various topics are discussed, illustrated by means of 20 case problems. Offering suggested answers for these…