A DISCUSSION OF LEARNING AND COMMUNICATION THEORIES AND OF TEACHER AIMS FOR ACTIVE STUDENT LEARNING INTRODUCES A COMPREHENSIVE AND ILLUSTRATED DISCUSSION OF SOURCES AND METHODS FOR THE USE OF A WIDE VARIETY OF TEACHER AIDS. INFORMATION IS DETAILED ON THE SELECTION, LOCATION, USE, AND EVALUATION OF READY-MADE MATERIALS, FREE AND INEXPENSIVE MATERIALS, PRINTED TEXT AND RESOURCE MATERIALS, GLOBES AND MAPS, FILMSTRIPS AND SLIDES, FILMS, RADIO AND RECORDINGS, TELEVISION, AND PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. THE CREATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IS TREATED SPECIFICALLY BY TYPE--DISPLAYS, CONSTRUCTIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, DRAMATIZATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, RECORDINGS, GRAPHICS, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, REAL OBJECTS AND MODELS, STILL PICTURES, AND PHOTOGRAPHY. THERE ARE REFLECTIONS UPON THE IMPROVEMENT OF ROOM ENVIRONMENT. BIBLIOGRAPHIES, REFERENCE SECTIONS ON SELECTION AND EFFICIENT OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT, A DIRECTORY OF SOURCES, A GLOSSARY, A SUBJECT REFERENCE GUIDE, AND AN INDEX ARE INCLUDED. THIS DOCUMENT WAS PUBLISHED BY MC GRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, NEW YORK, N.Y. (BB)