Outlines procedures for producing both 35-mm and overhead transparencies using a photocopier with a reducing capability. (JN)

Since executives are increasingly using visual aids, a course of study in Graphic Communications is proposed which would train secretaries in the preparation of visual aids and operation of audio-visual equipment. (AG)

Bulletin boards are a necessary part of the learning environment. Tips for easy and quick preparation are given--starting an idea file, preparing hints to bring the ideas to reality, using various types of lettering, and utilizing time-saving short-cuts. (SC)

For the study of electric circuits, slides are projected on a blackboard and students are asked to chalk in wires between the members of the projected circuit. (JH)

A how-to-do-it article on how a teacher can use the same bulletin board theme all year. (HB)

A description of how overhead projectors were used to keep score at a wrestling tournament. (HB)

Some suggestions for teachers on how to produce slide materials for use in science curriculums. (AK)

The results of the nine experiments summarized indicate that (1) headings aid recall, search, and retrieval from both familiar and unfamiliar text; (2) position of heading (marginal, embedded) has no effect; and (3) low-ability subjects appear to do better when headings are questions on the recall task rather than statements. (EAO)

Presents a typology of comic strips and suggests some ways of using the comics in the second language classroom. (AM)

Presents student exercises in visual notation (doodles, maps, sketches) and visual ideation sketching. A large portion of this article consists of a classroom poster explaining these two concepts. (SJL)

A 1979 survey of U.S. members of the Association of Biomedical Communications Directors asked them to rank the importance of eight types of service to each professional program that his unit supports. Service priorities are reported for programs characteristic of medicine, allied health, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacy. (Author)

Shows how visual property terms of spatial entities can be presented to technical writing students so that the students can find contrastive information about the subject-entity and develop it in their writings. (RL)

The author makes suggestions for using overhead projectors in classrooms as a floodlight, to project outlines of objects, as a chalkboard substitute, or for school-made transparencies. Aspects of transparency construction include simplicity, legibility, organization, and use of color. (CL)