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Download full textZugner, Lisa Crooks – 1987
The role of instructional television (ITV) in elementary and secondary education is assessed, beginning with an overview of the history of the medium from the first experimental educational broadcasts in 1933 to the present. Research in the area is reviewed, and three primary methods of evaluation are identified: (1) basic research, which measures…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
Testimony presented at this hearing focuses on ways in which television can have a positive impact on children's education, what is known about the impacts of television programming on children, and what Congress can do to promote television's positive educational values. Witnesses include the following: John D. Abel, senior vice president,…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Educational Television, Government Role, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1983
Held during National Children and Television Week, this hearing addressed the general topic of television and its impact on children, including specific children's television projects and ideas for improving children's television. Statements and testimony (when given) are presented for the following individuals and organizations: (1) John…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, Educational Television
Rainery, Richard – 1984
One in a series of papers by the Rural Research Agency devoted to the study of telecommunications services and systems sponsored by the State of Alaska, this paper concentrates on the technology of television delivery and distribution to the citizens of the state. It most closely scrutinizes entertainment television, but much of its analysis is…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Commercial Television, Communications Satellites, Educational Television
Baggaley, P. Jonathan, Ed.; And Others – 1987
Eleven articles on the evaluation of educational television (ETV) in South Africa are provided. Under the heading "Theory" are: (1) "The Meaning of Evaluation and Its Practice" (D. Nevo); (2) "Criteria for Evaluating ETV: A Theoretical Framework" (R. Israeli); and (3) "Sources of Evaluation Criteria in Education,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Television, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Chen, Milton – 1984
This report discusses research related to the educational potential of 3-2-1 CONTACT, a PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) series on science and technology, which was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for a primary target audience of 8- to 12-year-olds in both home and school settings. Conducted over a 6-year period (1977-83), this…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Evaluation Methods
Forbes, Norma – 1984
The report summarizes information from a 5-year study, begun in 1977, of the effects of the introduction of commercial and educational television to isolated communities in rural Alaska. It is intended primarily for residents of villages which participated in the study, for the staff of the schools which were involved, and for Alaskan policy…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Cognitive Development, Commercial Television
