Describes an inservice training program for nurses in a state psychiatric hospital designed to provide knowledge of current psychiatric trends and orienting the trainees from a custodial approach to a more humanistic approach in patient care. Visual aids are utilized extensively. (DS)

Reviewed are a filmstrip on measurement, a guide on changing to the metric system, a set of workcards on surveying, and a kit of logarithm rods and slide rule scales. (MM)

Describes an exercise using gravestone rubbings that help students organize data and think inductively. (AEA)

A list of subjects and sources of pictures for a classroom "picture bank" is suggested. Tips are given for the use and conservation of pictures, and a classification scheme and ideas for language and civilization instruction are included. (MSE)

An evaluative framework for assessing the educational contribution of films, including television, is needed. Analysis of several issues and conceptions can help to provide such a framework: (1) traditional conceptions of educational films; (2) concept of education; (3) expansion of the conception of educational films; and (4) significance of film…

Describes the graphic construction of lunar eclipses and how lunar graphics are used. The meaning of some terms and concepts and a diagram for a total lunar eclipse are also included. (HM)

The use of graphic art illustrations will prove to be a significant improvement in meeting the criteria for effective programed instruction. (BB)

Simple instructions for converting a cassette tape recorder into a "computer" that can be used to reinforce reading skills. (DD)

The use of simple diagrams for instruction of first-year operative dental students is encouraged. A series of illustrations for Class I preparation of cavities, focusing on walls, line angles and point angles, is presented and its use described. (MSE)

Presented are two computer programs which can be used to minimize the effort and time necessary to graph several individual functions. (TG)

Describes the benefits of using stereopsis as a technique to represent the three-dimensional nature of molecules. Presents results of an experiment comparing the performance of male and female students in accomplishing naked-eye stereopsis (NES). (CS)