INTENDED FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND AUDIOVISUAL SPECIALISTS, THIS MONOGRAPH EMPHASIZES A DYNAMIC VIEW OF THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY IN CHAPTERS THAT DISCUSS THE HISTORY AND CURRENT USE OF LANGUAGE LABS, CURRENT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENTS, AND APPLICATION OF LANGUAGE LAB PRINCIPLES TO NEW MEDIA. APPENDIXES INCLUDE GRAPHICS OF THE…

A MEMBER OF THE MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARIES STAFF HAS COMPILED A SELECTIVE, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON LANGUAGE LABORATORIES, LISTING APPROXIMATELY 230 BOOKS AND PERIODICAL ARTICLES, MANY OF WHICH ARE BRITISH PUBLICATIONS CONSIDERED ACCESSIBLE TO BRITISH USERS. THE SECTIONS ARE--(1) BIBLIOGRAPHIES, (2) GENERAL AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNTS DESCRIBING…

VARIOUS INSTRUCTIONAL PROJECTION EQUIPMENT AUDIOMETERS, AND SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL CONSOLES WERE PICTURED AND BRIEFLY ANNOTATED IN THIS DOCUMENT. PROTOTYPES OF NEW EQUIPMENT WERE ALSO INCLUDED. OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES ARE ED 003 738 THROUGH ED 003 746. (TC)

The entire issue is given over to the listing of laboratory instruments and equipment and the names and addresses of their manufacturers. Names of the instruments appear in alphabetical order in the guide. In a separate section, following the guide, the complete name and telephone number of each manufacturer may be found, also listed in…

Presents brief descriptions and sources of new apparatus and equipment related to chemistry. (RH)

Includes descriptions and sources for many types of apparatus and equipment for use in chemistry. (RH)

Several types of equipment are described and sources of materials given. Included are a teaching calculator, a training oscilloscope, a bench-top testing machine, an electrical machinery laboratory and a microcomputer. (RH)

Described are a number of publications and items for use in chemistry. Included are brief descriptions of actuators, thermometer strips, current balances, and a variety of catalogues and other publications. (RH)

Inexpensive, low-density polyethylene tubing has physical characteristics about midway between glass and rubber. For many laboratory uses it may be superior to both. (BB)

Describes an apparatus (built from domestic plumbing pipes and fittings) that uses only water and electricity (as consumables) to investigate basic mass and heat balances in a system with recycle. Also describes experiments using the apparatus. (JN)

An Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory (AML) has been established at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). AML courses, course objectives, instructional strategies, student experiences in design and manufacturing, and AML equipment are discussed. Overall recommendations based on student and instructor experiences are also presented. (JN)

A method of preparing a special dissecting tray to be used with transmitted light as well as reflected light is presented. It may also be used with an overhead projector to illustrate some skeletal structures in vertebrates. (Author/EB)

Described is a method of maintaining satisfactory levels of humidity in mobile green houses and environmental chambers, without the use of expensive humidifiers. (Author/EB)