THE BATTALION Thursday, December 1, 1966 College Station, Texas Page 6 'mmmmmmamwmm T ■s.w-sri. - —« Teachers Learning ‘Hardware’ Uses THE ALAMINOS AT DOCK Alaminos’Namesake Vessel Aids A&M Oceanographers By MIKE PLAKE Anton de Alaminos helped Co lumbus discover America. He also helped Hernando Cortez dis cover and explore the Gulf of Mexico. Now his namesake is keeping the tradition alive. The namesake, an explorer-re search vessel owned and operated by the Texas A&M Department of Oceanography, has journeyed from one end of the Gulf of Mex ico to the other, and has made trips into the Atlantic and Pa cific Oceans. It will take part in the EASTROPAC survey, which will explore the currents off the Atlantic Coast of South America next February. The Los Alaminos provides living quarters for a captain, a 21-man crew, 13 scientists and one technician. It was converted from an F-S Army transport in 1963, when Texas A&M procured the ship in San Diego, California. After trips to the New Orleans and Orange shipyards for re working, the Alaminos made its maiden shakedown voyage as a research vessel in November, 1963. With a 6,000-mile range and 12-knot cruising speed, the 180- foot long ship has had no major mechanical difficulties in the Gulf or in the open ocean. It is the fourth major research vessel owned by A&M. When it was first launched, the Alaminos’ total replacement value was over $3,000,000. Minor improvements have been added regularly to the facilities and equipment. The ship now features 2,900 square feet of scientific space below and 3,000 square feet of usable deck space. When it was fitted, three changes and additions to the ship took place: The superstructure was moved forward thirty feet to make room OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT NOW! % Per Annum Paid Quarterly on INSURED SAVINGS FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION 2913 Texas Ave. la-de-da snooty affairs our specialty! Ladies love meeting at Ramada Inn! 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How should educators use closed circuit TV, dial-access audio-visual systems, single con cept films, blackboard by wire and other instructional aids, many of which were demonstrated by the A&M Creative Application of Technology to Education (CATE) Center in September? Education and Psychology De partment Head Dr. Paul Hensarl- ing believes the teaching profes sion must supply the answer. “We have lots of hardware which teachers need to learn to use effectively,” he said. “Edu cation 605 is a direct activity of the department to teach creative application of technology to edu cation.” The course is instructed by Donald K. Stewart, CATE Center director. A&M is proposing a Teaching- Learning Center which will utilize technology to improve teaching. The CATE project is concerned with effective use of technology in public school situations. It is sup ported by a $112,315 planning grant. Educators must employ new aids to improve education, Ste wart counsels his 12-member class. Solution of student learning problems hinges on communica tion, he teaches. Teacher and student must both send and re ceive. “Solving a learning problem doesn’t always require complex equipment,” Stewart noted. “TESTS ARE a form of com munication. Few teachers have had a course in testing. Some do a good testing job, but don’t measure student progress,” he explained. Stewart said advanced appara tus can be used in team teaching to assist in teaching subjects of minor importance, releasing the instructor to work with individual students. Among course members are professors and teachers from A&M, Bryan, College Station, Snook, Brenham and Killeen. Jimmy Horn, Snook principal, teacher and coach of consecutive state basketball champions, says he has applied course techniques successfully to a general science class. 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