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Computer Assisted Instruction As Reinforcement To Initial Reading Instruction, Deborah Lemke
Computer Assisted Instruction As Reinforcement To Initial Reading Instruction, Deborah Lemke
All Graduate Projects
Computer drill and practice reading programs were developed to supplement basal instruction in first grade. The project was created to provide drill and practice on basal vocabulary and promote sight word acquisition. Five program types were developed. The programs were sequential in level of difficulty. Students were required to complete a sentence from which a word had been omitted. Responses varied from choosing from two given vocabulary words, choosing from familiar and unfamiliar rhyming words, and completing the spelling of a word.
A Model For Developing A Curriculum Database, Allan W. Pfiffner
A Model For Developing A Curriculum Database, Allan W. Pfiffner
All Graduate Projects
This paper presents a computer file of non-cataloged media for teaching Social Studies in the Franklin Pierce School District's elementary schools. The file is maintained by the use of a minicomputer database. Materials are drawn from the file by descriptors used to describe the contents of the item. The database file was used to enhance the teaching of Social Studies by first, saving the teachers time in locating materials, and second, helping point out other items they may not have known existed in the district.
50 Functions For The E.S.L. Classroom, Paul Dennis Moss
50 Functions For The E.S.L. Classroom, Paul Dennis Moss
MA TESOL Collection
This is a materials development project designed for ESL students who need to know what to say and how to say it in everyday situations of American life. Using a variety of- native and non-native speakers, a videotape was used to record 50 short scenes of functions performed in English. All the functions on the videotape are titled, with a brief pause in between each one for easy reference. The dialogues are also typed to clarify what was said and can be used to make copies for the students. The written section also includes suggested activities for the benefit of …
Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Issues, Perspectives And Practices, Evelyn Elizabeth Fella
Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Issues, Perspectives And Practices, Evelyn Elizabeth Fella
MA TESOL Collection
In an attempt to respond to concerns and misunderstandings on the part of teaches about the computer, this paper explores its use as a technological tool in the foreign language classroom. The role of the compute in a language class room as well as its strengths and limitations are discussed. The paper presents a comprehensive description of state of the art courseware for language learners, guidelines for evaluating the courseware and suggestions for classroom use.
English In Movies: Using Scenes From Movies To Teach English, Timothy M. Cook
English In Movies: Using Scenes From Movies To Teach English, Timothy M. Cook
MA TESOL Collection
This project consists of a videotape and an accompanying manual. Various scenes from American movies are put on videotape to offer students of English as a foreign language material for studying spoken English. The manual consists of transcriptions of the dialog in each scene, vocabulary lists of words and expressions common only to spoken English, plus aids and suggestions for classroom use of the material. Scenes are categorized by situations.
Instructional Media Materials Used In The Physical Education Program At Eastern Illinois University 1899-1984, Marina Su-Chin Yu
Instructional Media Materials Used In The Physical Education Program At Eastern Illinois University 1899-1984, Marina Su-Chin Yu
Masters Theses
This study was designed to research the development of the physical education program at Eastern Illinois University relative to its use of audio visual materials. The period covered was 1899-1984. The curriculum of physical education was researched from 1899-1924 to provide background for the reporting of the early use of audio visual materials.
The writer interviewed Dr . Gene W. Scholes, Director of the Audio Visual Center, and checked the Center's inventory records. The writer also interviewed staff members of the Physical Education Department and thereby established that instructional media materials were used extensively in athletics and in departmental activities. …