Describes an educational TV series, broadcast in Pennsylvania, called Science for the Seventies (SFTS), which presents science lessons for the elementary level. Each lesson consists of objectives, background information, an equipment list, and four or five related science activities. (MLH)

Designed to help teachers to use the educational television series POWERHOUSE with young people (8 to 12 year olds), this kit presents activities coordinated with the 16 half-hour programs in the series. The POWERHOUSE shows cover comprehensive health and nutrition topics in an action-adventure format for intermediate students in grades 4-6.…

Offers specific examples of instructional goals and their corresponding teaching techniques used in "The Electric Company" that do not substantiate the definition of reading as communication between author and reader, the effective reader being one who brings meaning to the printed word. (TO)

This paper describes the process by which a television test was developed to measure elementary student competencies in science processes. The test was developed as an evaluative tool, related to the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Science for the Seventies project of televised science modules designed to supplement classroom science…

Evaluated with 173 mentally retarded (MR) children (4 to 12 years old), 45 day care program children (mean age 4.3 years), and 45 second graders were the Sesame Street "Play to Grow" materials designed to foster positive self-image of retarded children. During sample tape presentations, children's visual attention, verbal comments, and…

The efficiency of educational broadcasting in the Ivory Coast is assessed from the standpoint of what and how physical and human resources are utilized. Information was obtained by reviewing the large volume of documents that have been published about the project and through interviewing personnel involved in its management and operation. The…

This teacher's manual is designed to accompany the third grade level of the kindergarten through grade six sequenced literature curriculum developed through the Instructional Television Service Section of the Nebraska Department of Education. The teacher's guide for each lesson provides the following information: title of the children's book…

INTENDED FOR USE BY ADMINISTRATORS AND PLANNERS, THIS GUIDE DESCRIBES COURSES AVAILABLE FROM THE GREAT PLAINS ITV LIBRARY. FIVE INDICES ARE INCLUDED, ONE CLASSIFYING ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, SECONDARY AND ADULT COURSES BY SUBJECT, ANOTHER LISTS THEM BY GRADE LEVEL. A THIRD LISTS COLLEGE COURSES BY SUBJECT, ANOTHER DESCRIBES INSERVICE…

Telecourses developed, acquired, and distributed by the National Instructional Television (NIT) Center are described in this "Factbook." For primary through senior high school, telecourses are listed in the subjects of art, communications, early childhood, economics, foreign language, guidance, health and physical education, humanities,…

This report of a 1968 survey of educational television (ETV) in Canada presents information in seven sections. The first section, dealing with ETV in the schools, describes programs for national and local levels, the number and types of viewers of ETV, inservice workshops for teachers in how to use ETV, policy plans for equal opportunity among the…

Discusses the 1977 convention of the All Japan Teachers' Federation for studying the use of radio and television in education and formal school education (Zemporen). A topic of interest was whether broadcasts should be prepared in advance or used live; the consensus was that teachers will use programs in ways that suit their own teaching methods.…

Considers characteristics of educational television that militate against effective language learning and argues that further research is needed to ascertain whether language development is promoted by educational television and which programs and formats are best. Research in the United States and suggestions for future research are discussed.…

These case studies deal exclusively with school television; that is, television programs that were developed specifically for use in the school and that are accompanied by carefully prepared curriculum guides. (Author/IRT)

Describes a program in Chicago in which clusters of ethnically similar and geographically close ghetto schools have pooled their resources to create instructional television programs more closely related to the needs of their students than are the programs available through the district wide ITV system. (LS)

Describes an investigation of the effect of using cable television in an inservice training program for elementary school teachers. Results indicate a strong relationship between the learning of new ideas for classroom use and both viewing context and levels of feedback, as well as the communications structure within the organization. (EAO)