Kindergarteners and first and fourth graders watched an educational television program containing three types of humor. Information acquisition and funniness were assessed. Compared with distortion-free humor, irony resulted in overestimates of properties of novel objects introduced in the program. Age did not diminish perceptual distortion.…

Describes a preservice teacher training program that uses live television broadcasts of a classroom to instruct in teaching techniques at Iowa State University. (MD)

Provides a simple, descriptive "weather map" of children's use of television. (Author/IRT)

Provides a check list for principals to use in assessing the use they are making of professionally prepared school television materials. (IRT)

A description of SPAN (Start Planning Ahead Now), a comprehensive career education project in Memphis, Tennessee. (HB)

Discusses language development in children and describes how instructional television programs can contribute to that development. (DD)

A series of fifteen minute TV programs, called "Safe and Sound", was developed to create positive attitudes toward safety education in preschool and early elementary children. (HS)

Surveys indicated that "The Electric Company" is making exciting inroads into the teaching of reading. (RB)

THIS DOCUMENT SUMMARIZES MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS OF THE GREAT PLAINS LIBRARY DURING ITS FIRST 3 YEARS OF OPERATION. THE LIBRARY IS PART OF A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTION CENTERS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION MATERIALS AND COURSES. IN ADDITION TO MAKING TELEVISED COURSES AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, THE LIBRARY CONDUCTS A PROGRAM OF INFORMATION…

THIS CATALOG PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT TELECOURSES NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TELEVISION (NCSCT). THE CATALOG ORGANIZES AVAILABLE TELECOURSES BY GRADE LEVEL, AND HAS A SUBJECT INDEX FOR CROSS REFERENCE. COPIES OF THE CATALOG ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM NCSCT, BOX A, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, 47401. (MS)

A teacher's curriculum guide presents a summary of the content of 15 film programs telecast by KTEH, an instructional television station. Objectives, pre-telecast suggestions, and followup activities are presented. These color films are suitable for grades 1-4 and are booked from Learning Corporation of America. (DS)

For a report on a two-year Peace Corps project designed to implement educational television (ETV) in Colombia, the persuasive and defense arousal effects of several kinds of appeals that might be used to persuade Colombian teachers to adopt new teaching practices were investigated. Subjects, who were 100 Colombian public primary school teachers…

Concludes that television cannot do the entire job of educating children. (JH)

Author discusses his teaching experience and explains why, at the elementary level, television can literally transform a student. (Author/HB)