The product of Phase II of a two-year project funded by the U.S. Office of Education to prepare, evaluate, and distribute a print-based curriculum on critical television viewing skills for teenagers, and to prepare guides and workshops on television viewing for parents and teachers, this final report describes tasks undertaken in four areas during…

Instructional materials used in a FLES (foreign language in the elementary school) experiment during a three-year period are presented in this booklet. Tapescripts of dialogues, made by American children in grades 2, 3, and 4 and their native French counterparts who participated in the intercultural exchange program comprise the body of the text.…

This step-by-step description of the process of making videotapes is divided into two parts. "The Medium" looks at the physical equipment needed for making tapes. The kinds, makes, and operational differences between videotape recorders, cameras, and microphones are distinguished to help the novice choose equipment suitable for his purpose.…

"Options in Education" is a radio news program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript of the show contains discussions of college enrollment; standardized testing; hyperactivity in school children, the drugs given to these children, and the biochemical effects of artificial flavors and colors on…

"Options in Education" is a radio program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript of the show contains discussions of the Supreme Court decision on private-school desegregation, the Community College of Vermont, child abuse, and learning how to be a paralegal worker. Participants in the program include John…

"Options in Education" is a radio news program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript contains discussions of learning how to file your income tax; the use of mini-electronic calculators by high school and college students; consumer education for children; third graders and elementary economics; and the…

Shows how plays can be modified and used effectively in remedial reading classes. (RL)

Describes a process known as behavior modeling, used by more than 300 companies to train managers and supervisors by showing videotapes of company managers effectively motivating others in a variety of situations. Participants rehearse the modeling behavior and apply the skills to the job. Includes an actual model script. (MF)

This study compared six adults' learning of English names for Chinese visual characters, through prototype instruction (in which participants were taught the meaning of the distinctive feature of multicomponent characters) and rote instruction (in which participants traced the character and wrote its translation). Participants learned more rapidly…

This document presents a definition and brief background of graphic design and visual education. It outlines a journalism and mass media course lecture which introduces students to the commercial scope of visual communications and the potentials of design. The script along with appropriate slide titles and descriptions, are provided to recreate…

Intended for middle school teachers interested in helping students (especially those with no experience attending theater) learn how to read and see a play by themselves, this paper provides a lesson plan based on W. W. Jacobs's dramatic play, "The Monkey's Paw." After furnishing a rationale for reading this particular play, the paper…

Reading and writing plays can be a good way to learn reading, listening, and writing skills. This paper contains suggestions for using plays in adult literacy courses. Ideas are given for reading and writing plays, including developing a plot and characters, drafting a script, and editing and finalizing a script. Various methods of transcribing…

This packet of materials includes an article, "Development of a Self-Guided Audiocassette Tour at a Large Academic Research Library: Preliminary Report," which originally appeared in the Summer 1986 issue of "Research Strategies," and the scripts for self-guided audiocassette tours of the main and undergraduate libraries at the…

The Action-Communication-Expression program, an extension of a speech communication class in a Houston (Texas) high school, involves visual and concrete communication, such as photography, script writing, and filmmaking. Students in two speech classes work in small groups of four or five, independently of the teacher, after receiving initial…

This teacher's guide and an audiovisual presentation comprise an instructional package in the Small Engine Repair Series for special needs students, primarily the mentally retarded and learning disabled. (The audiovisual material--56 slides or a 35mm filmstrip with cassette--is not available here.) A section of notes to the instructor lists…