This paper reviews the effects of new technology on teaching and learning by considering examples of studies carried out with five kinds of teaching in five contexts. The five teaching situations are direct instruction, adjunct instruction, facilitating the skills of learning, facilitating social skills and widening learners' horizons. The five…

Discusses ways in which some of the principles for producing effective written text can be applied to the production of instructional audiotapes. Two experiments with university students are described that tested re-recorded audiotapes to evaluate the effectiveness of adding text design principles, and further research needs are suggested. (45…

Reviews two studies that examined the effects of the sex of the speaker and the sex of the listener on recall from a medical audiotape. A study with undergraduates is described, as well as a study with secondary school students that had the added dimension of ability grouping based on reading comprehension. (32 references) (LRW)