EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION MAY SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF TEACHER INSERVICE TRAINING. IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, 21 SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE COOPERATED IN PRODUCING A TEACHER INSERVICE PROGRAM. THE TELEVISION CENTER OF THE STATE COLLEGE PRODUCES AND DIRECTS THE TELECASTS. A COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATION DONATES ITS FACILITIES AND AIR TIME. A PERMANENT…

THIS BULLETIN OFFERS GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL TV AND SUMMARIZES THE HISTORY AND PRESENT STATUS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TV IN CALIFORNIA. AMONG POINTS MENTIONED ARE THE FOLLOWING--THERE IS NEED FOR FURTHER LEGISLATION, PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA TO REALIZE THE BEST USES OF TELEVISION. IN 1966 OVER ONE…

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…

This report describes the setting, implementation, and findings of an experiment in educational telecasting of 17 one-hour lectures, a course for college credit in lower division health education. Units included (1) quackery, (2) self-diagnosis, (3) preventive medicine, (4) syphilis and gonorrhea, (5) environmental health, (6) cancer, (7) heart…

Describes the Technology in Curriculum (TIC) program resource guides which will be distributed to California schools in the fall of 1986. These guides match available instructional television programs and computer software to existing California curriculum guides in order to facilitate teachers' classroom use. (JDH)

IT IS NOTED THAT TELEVISION IS USED TO EXTEND, ENRICH, AND SUPPLEMENT CURRENT WORK OF THE CLASSROOM IN ANY SUBJECT FIELD UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CLASSROOM TEACHER. IT MAY PROVIDE BASIC INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS OR GIVE DIRECTION TO THE CLASSROOM TEACHER IN A PARTICULAR SUBJECT. QUALITY PROGRAMS ARE DEPENDENT UPON IDEAS, PERSONNEL AND PRODUCTION.…

THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICATION RESEARCH, IN A JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT, INVESTIGATED AN AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD TO TEACH FIRST-YEAR SPANISH TO FIFTH GRADERS. THREE PENCIL-AND-PAPER, TV-ADMINISTERED TESTS, DESIGNED TO MEASURE LISTENING COMPREHENSION SKILLS, WERE DEVELOPED DURING THE 1960-61 SCHOOL YEAR.…

WHEN A COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATION OFFERED ONE WEEKLY HOUR OF FREE TIME FOR COLOR BROADCASTING, 17 JUNIOR COLLEGES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, PARTICIPATED IN A COOPERATIVE PRESENTATION OF A CREDIT COURSE IN "GREAT CULTURES OF THE WESTERN WORLD." THE COURSE WAS SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF WORK BEING DONE IN THE…

This is the twentieth in a series of profiles documenting the experiences of 24 institutions with the use of instructional technology. Golden West College is serving as the base for a spinoff institution that will have virtually no campus and will deliver instruction via TV and correspondence. (Author/LBH)

THE PROBLEM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO FIND THE AUDIENCE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (ETV) AND TO STUDY IT IN DEPTH. THE AUDIENCES OF EIGHT ETV STATIONS - REPRESENTING THE PRINCIPAL TYPES OF OWNERSHIP, ALL SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND BOTH VHF AND UHF CHANNELS - WERE STUDIED AND ANALYZED. IN EACH OF THE TEST COMMUNITIES, SAMPLES WERE DRAWN FROM THE…

MACLENVAN AND REID ABSTRACTED THE EXPERIMENTAL LITERATURE PERTAINING TO INSTRUCTIONAL FILM RESEARCH SINCE 1950. HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES, SURVEYS, SURVEYS OF RESEARCH, AND OTHER NONEXPERIMENTAL REPORTS ARE OMITTED. EACH ABSTRACT INCLUDES THE NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECTS, CRITERION INSTRUMENTS, RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY DATA, AND…

THE EXPERIMENTAL LITERATURE PERTAINING TO INSTRUCTIONAL FILM RESEARCH SINCE 1950 HAS BEEN ABSTRACTED. THE ABSTRACTS ARE PRESENTED IN TWO VOLUMES. THIS IS VOLUME TWO. (SEE ED 003 805 FOR VOLUME ONE.) (JC)

A discription of the facilities and services at the Instructional Media Center at Grossmont College. (HB)

Administrative and instructional innovations at Bakersfield College and other Kern District campuses are reported. (MS)

A 10-ITEM, MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS DESIGNED TO SURVEY THE USE OF AND TEACHER REACTION TO EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (ETV) IN EIGHT COUNTIES PARTICIPATING IN THE REGIONAL ETV AREA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE 3,860 TEACHER RESPONSES WERE PROCESSED THROUGH DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, AND WERE CONVERTED INTO PERCENTAGE OF RESPONSE FOR EACH ITEM…