Free and Inexpensive Materials

Abstract

SEVERAL terms are commonly used in discussing and In referring to such materials, Briggs (2) classified them with supplementary aids, Groneman (7) included them in a list of teaching aids, Harrington (8) used the term source material, Keeley (13) used the category other instructional in which he gave attention to and pamphlets, and Marcus (16) discussed fugitive materials. However, the terms industry-sponsored, used by Netzer (22), and business-sponsoredc, used by Sinclair (27), begin to draw a distinction between free materials and inexpensive The terminology employed by Netzer and Sinclair refers to those materials furnished to schools without cost for single items or for a nominal cost for quantity orders. The materials also include items such as the 5-cent newspaper and the 25-cent pamphlets and charts developed by organizations like Science Research Associates or government bureaus. The wide publication and use of paper-bound editions of classics and technical books probably will add a new category to This chapter will report research which deals with and materials being furnished schools regardless of the term used by the research worker to identify these Materials include such items as pamphlets, books, maps, charts, posters, pictures, newspapers, magazines, films, and filmstrips.