This study investigates whether a curriculum supplement organized as a sequence of teacher-led literacy activities using digital content from public educational television programs can improve early literacy outcomes of low-income preschoolers. The study sample was 436 children in 80 preschool classrooms in California and New York. Preschool…

The 2012 Preschool Pilot Study of PBS KIDS Transmedia Mathematics Content (Preschool Pilot) is an important part of the authors' multiyear "Ready To Learn" (RTL) summative evaluation initiative. Through this initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), it was the responsibility…

This paper looks at the author's outreach efforts as a distance librarian to encourage library use among a distance student population that comprises satellite locations, students attending online, students attending courses through instructional television, and students attending hybrid courses. Outcomes of the author's outreach attempts and…

Distance education strategies for remotely deployed, highly mobile, or institutionalized populations are reviewed and critiqued. Specifically, asynchronous, offline responses for special military units, Native Americans on remote reservations, prison populations and other geographically, temporally or technologically isolated niche populations are…

BASED UPON AN EARLIER RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII, A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION WAS CONDUCTED. EACH OF THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE SURVEY TEAM SPENT 21 DAYS IN HAWAII DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 20 TO MAY 28, 1961. CONTENT OF THE REPORT WAS DRAWN FROM THE PERSONAL…

A discussion of the organization and activities at KOCE-TV, Channel 50 in Huntington Beach, California. (HB)

A look at a teacher-managed system of individualized mastery learning as implemented by the Fremont Unified School District, Fremont, California. (Author)

THIS DOCUMENT IS A COMPILATION OF STUDIES ON THE PROBLEMS AND POTENTIALS OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION DURING THE TIME PERIOD 1961-71. SIX TOPIC AREAS WERE COVERED--(1) RECOMMENDATIONS, (2) THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, (3) THE COMMUNITY JOB OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, (4) THE PROBLEM OF IMPROVING PROGRAMS, (5) THE PROBLEM OF FINANCING, (6) THE…

"The Electric Company" ("TEC") television show won the hearts of children because it made learning fun. Thirty years later, the iconic show has returned with the goal of not only teaching literacy, but also numeracy (the ability to work with and understand numbers) and mathematics vocabulary in a fun, entertaining, and engaging…

STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED ON HOW QUALITY EDUCATION CAN BE PROVIDED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT WITHIN AN EVER-EXPANDING MASS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION GREATLY DEPENDS ON THE MEANS OR METHODS EMPLOYED, THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, AND THE EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF BOTH. NEW METHODS AND TECHNIQUES CAN MORE EFFICIENTLY…

A discussion of two consortiums in California for instructional television for higher education. (HB)

Proposals are presented for policy development and planning for telecommunications courses in California community colleges, along with a paper which addresses the need for statewide telecommunications planning to serve the community colleges. After background material discusses the history of attempts at statewide planning for telecommunications…

THE STUDY TESTED THE FOLLOWING HYPOTHESES--(1) IN THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TELEVISED MATERIAL, STUDENTS EXPERIENCE A REDUCED CAPACITY FOR CONSTRUCTIVE MENTAL WORK, (2) HIGH SUSPENSE MATERIALS PRODUCE A MORE MARKED SHORT-TERM EFFECT ON MENTAL ACTIVITY THAN DO STANDARD EDUCATIONAL FILM MATERIALS, AND (3)…

A discussion of an instructional television program which proposes to make America's political structure relevant to high school students. (Author/HB)

A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION HAS BEEN PREPARED, WITH AN ANNOTATION FOR EACH ENTRY. ENTRIES INCLUDE "TELEVISION FOR CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS,""TELEVISION IN TEACHER EDUCATION,""TEACH WITH TELEVISION,""IN-SERVICE EDUCATION BY TELEVISION,""THE USE OF CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION TO IMPROVE…