In the early 1950s television was the hot new broadcast media. The post-war economic boom meant that more and more American households were purchasing televisions, and television programming was growing to meet demand. The moment was rife with the potential to reach more and more people through the dazzling allure of television. Many American…

The feasibility study for implementing an instructional fixed service television (ITFS) system in the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit 19 School District of Scranton, Pennsylvania was based on 25 questionnaires sent to already existing ITFS systems. Basically the study contained the responses to the questionnaire with ITFS operators…

A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE DETERMINANTS OF AUDIENCE COMPOSITION AND AUDIENCE REACTION TO AN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM BROADCAST BY A PHILADELPHIA STATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSLYVANIA. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AUDIENCE INCLUDED SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, PATTERNS OF ATTENDANCE, INFORMATION…

A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THIS STUDY, THE THIRD IN A SERIES, EXPLORED THE ROLE IN FIXED-PACE TELEVISION INSTRUCTION OF SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICES EMPLOYED IN TEACHING-MACHINE INSTRUCTION. THREE SEPARATE EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED--(1) A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LESSON ON NEWTON'S…

THIS IS PART ONE OF A STUDY WHICH DEALT WITH SOME ASPECTS OF THE STRATEGY AND MOTIVATION OF ADULTS FOR EARNING COLLEGE CREDITS BY ENROLLING IN COURSES OFFERED BY THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE STUDY INVESTIGATED THE USE OF TELEVISION AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION. THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT WAS A 28-ITEM…

THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STUDY OF MOTIVATION, SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND REACTIVE BEHAVIOR OF ADULTS ENROLLED IN OPEN-CIRCUIT TELEVISED COURSES OFFERED FOR COLLEGE CREDIT BY THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (PART ONE WAS ED 003 187). PART TWO OF THE STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH MOTIVATION AND RESISTANCE TO…

A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THIS REPORT, THE FIRST IN A SERIES, STUDIES THE APPLICATION OF PRETESTING PROCEDURES TO BROADCAST TELEVISION. EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS WERE MADE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A PREVIEW VERSION OF A TELEVISED LESSON AND ITS REVISED COUNTERPART. THE EXPERIMENT WAS…

Discusses the history of the medium and the benefits of school access programing. Pennsylvania's Colonial School District channel is described to show how cable television serves as an information base for the adult community as well as for students. (FM)

THE INTEGRATION OF WORDS AND PICTURES IN THE TWO STUDIES REPORTED IN THIS VOLUME WAS ACCOMPLISHED UNCONVENTIONALLY. IN ONE STUDY, AN ENTIRE TOPIC, ARCHIMEDES' LAW, WAS COVERED IN A SELF-CONTAINED, ENTIRELY PICTORIAL LESSON AND ALSO IN A SELF-CONTAINED, ENTIRELY VERBAL LESSON. STUDENTS ACQUIRED ALL THE CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES MAKING UP ARCHIMEDES'…

A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THIS REPORT, THE SECOND IN A SERIES, EXAMINED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ACTIVE STUDENT RESPONSE ON LEARNING DURING TELEVISED LESSON. PRINCIPLES OF PROGRAMING DERIVED FROM TEACHING-MACHINE RESEARCH AND APPLIED IN THIS STUDY INCLUDED (1) THE REDUCTION OF LESSON…

TWO STUDIES CONCERNED WITH THE REPRESENTATIONAL ROLE OF DEMONSTRATIONS IN TEACHING CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF SCIENCE ARE REPORTED. THE TWO STUDIES WERE PERFORMED WITH DIMENSIONS OF VISUAL TV PRESENTATIONS VARIED IN THE CONTEXT OF PROGRAMED LESSONS. STUDY ONE COMPARES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REALISTIC (LIVE) WITH NONREALISTIC (ANIMATED)…

EXPERIMENTS WERE DEVISED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THESE WERE CONCERNED WITH WHETHER (1) METHODS OF LESSON PREPARATION AND TRYOUT COULD USE STUDENT RESPONSES TO REVISE AND IMPROVE A TELEVISION LESSON, (2) METHODS OF ELICITING ACTIVE STUDENT RESPONSE DURING INSTRUCTION COULD INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF LEARNING, AND (3)…

A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THIS STUDY, THE FOURTH IN A SERIES, ILLUSTRATED THE DUAL USE OF STUDENT RESPONSE TO TEST PROGRAMING ADEQUACY AND TO ENHANCE LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS. PART 1 OF THE REPORT DISCUSSED TWO VARIABLES WHICH WERE INTRODUCED INTO EXPERIMENTAL VERSIONS OF LESSONS IN AN…

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)