Describes the role of captioned programs in instructional television for the hearing impaired and notes prerequisite knowledge viewers must possess. Teacher objectives, preparatory or follow-up activities, supplementary materials, and evaluation methods are also presented. (BK)

One hundred eighty-seven students, enrolled in three elementary and secondary schools for the deaf, viewed a one-half-hour commercial television program captioned at 60, 90, or 120 words per minute and at increasing levels of linguistic complexity. (Author)

Provides pointers for writing yearbook picture captions and discusses ways of getting ideas for captions. (GT)

Proposes that scholastic journalists should not shortchange the importance of words under, beside, or below photographs. Notes that in-depth cutlines and captions for scholastic publications and photographs can help hook the reader into the feature on the page; extend the visual coverage of a photograph's content; and give readers specific…

A federal grant has been awarded to develop and test a prototype device to make closed-captioned television available to deaf-blind people. The Braille TeleCaption System, with output available in braille and large print, is currently being tested. Such new technology makes real-time viewing of news, weather, and entertainment accessible to…

The 250 most frequently used words in television captions are listed in order of frequency. This table is a correction to the table printed in the article "Instant Reading Incentives: TV Captions," in the September 1997 issue. (DB)

Developed by the Multi-level Captioning Project, the manual provides guidelines for linguistically controlling reading materials for the deaf. An introduction describes the three proposed reading levels based on difficulty of vocabulary, syntax, and inference. Chapter 1, on vocabulary, considers word list sources, guidelines for controlling…

Offers suggestions for using popular magazines to create innovative layouts in school yearbooks. (SRT)

Three delivery systems with low versus high content structure were investigated in terms of immediate learning performance: captioned videotape, classroom instruction, and connected prose on paper. Results indicated that high content structure yielded significantly greater learning performance than low structure and that this performance occurred…

Discusses writing and arrangement of captions for news photos and advertisements for best effect. (HTH)

The basic information in an accompanying caption can augment the news properties and improve communication qualities of photography in high school publications. (Author/RB)

Highlights the growth of this federally funded program and describes some of its activities and services. (AA)

By adapting the scoring procedure of the Gates McGinitie Reading Test, speed and accuracy portion, the reading rates of 185 randomly selected hearing impaired students from residential schools for the deaf were obtained. Rates were then compared with the reading rates of hearing students and extempore speech. (Author)

A media package for group instruction in computer operations for deaf students is described. The package includes slides, captions stored on a filmstrip, and an illustrated workbook. The approach is explained to provide high flexibility at relatively low cost.

Describes the benefits of having preschoolers take photographs and caption them. (DD)