TELEVISED INSTRUCTION WAS FOUND TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION WHEN RESULTS WERE MEASURED BY FINAL EXAMINATIONS OR BY STANDARDIZED TESTS. STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARD INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION WERE VARIED, GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS THOUGHT THEY LEARNED MORE FROM TELEVISED CLASSES, BUT HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE DOUBTFUL. COLLEGE…

AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND DISCUSSION OF THE RESEARCH ON PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION CONDUCTED SINCE 1954 HAS BEEN PREPARED. FOLLOWING AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR, OVER 200 ANNOTATIONS WERE PRESENTED, ALPHABETICALLY BY SENIOR AUTHORS. THE ANNOTATIONS ARE DETAILED AND INFORMATIVE, AND WERE SUBMITTED TO THEIR AUTHORS FOR CHECKING. (JC)

A SYMPOSIUM ON THE STATE OF RESEARCH IN INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION AND TEACHING MACHINES WAS HELD NOVEMBER 13-14, 1959, AT THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, STANFORD, CALIFORNIA. IT INVOLVED A SMALL GROUP OF SCHOLARS, INFORMED AND EXPERIENCED IN RESEARCH ON THE NEW MEDIA, WHO DISCUSSED CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE RESEARCH…