Aiming at turning theory of structures into a captivating subject to civil engineering students and at helping them understand the link between the mathematical models and the real structures, a new experience is underway at the Department of Structural and Foundation Engineering of Excola Politecnica da Universidada de Sao Paulo: transparencies…

This curriculum is divided into eight modules: personal identification (name, native country, family, address, and telephone number); time and calendar (time, daily routine, days, and months); weather and seasons; shopping (money and price of clothes); location and direction; health (body parts, problems, and emergencies); housing…

The deployment of immersive, non-restrictive environments for instruction and learning presents a new set of challenges for instructional designers and educators. Adopting the conceptual frameworks of Sherin's (2002) learning while teaching and Vygotsky's (1978) cultural development via the mediation of tools, this paper explores one professor's…

Four specially-prepared maps were used in this investigation to discover factors that make maps interesting and readable for children. (JH)

A detailed description of how radiovision is used by the BBC in Great Britain. (HB)

Comments on the Mathematical Balance, or Equalizer, and various mathematical wallcharts. (MM)

Short articles describe techniques useful for junior high school science classes, including a method of filling barometer tubes, a method of tracing magnetic fields without loss of iron filings, and a technique for efficient storage and retrieval of overhead projector transparencies. (AL)

Suggests activities and teaching techniques that make instruction in dental health more interesting to the elementary school child. (RB)

The use of overhead transparencies offers many advantages over the traditional chalkboard and slide projector. Basic techniques for designing and producing thermal transparencies are described, along with methods for progressively adding or revealing new information using overlays or gates. Specific examples using pharmaceutical material are…

Visual aids which have been used in teaching a particular language can be reused in different contexts, though it should be in such a way that students are so involved in the activity they do not notice they've seen the aids before. Language-teaching games engender such involvement. (Author/PJM)

Discusses the use of cue cards in order to help language students practice formal and informal ways of saying the same thing. This draws attention to the influence of context on the way a communicative interaction is expressed linguistically. Lesson forms and source materials are also delineated. (PJM)

This study explored the effect of grade level and sex on affective ratings of color and black-and-white pictures by having 148 students from grades 4, 7, and 12 rate color and black-and-white slides on nine semantic differential scales. (JEG)

Describes a series of studies conducted to determine what types of visuals are most effective in facilitating student achievement. This program of systematic evaluation analyzed an instructional unit on the heart on the basis of instructional effectiveness, economy, and simplicity of production. Conclusions and a list of studies are included. (RAO)