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Degrosky, Deborah S. – 1981
Data were collected from 123 seventh and eighth grade students to examine the relationship between the quality of television viewing time and reading achievement, age, grade, sex, socioeconomic status (SES), and intelligence quotient (IQ). Highlights of the data analyses include the following: (1) The mean weekly viewing time for the subjects was…
Descriptors: Age, Correlation, Grade 7, Grade 8
Download full textHawkins, Robert P.; And Others – 1983
One hundred seventy-one middle school students participated in a study to assess cognitive activity during television viewing. Students completed a questionnaire about their favorite programs, viewing habits, and social reality beliefs, then viewed a 17-minute professionally edited episode of a family drama and answered a multiple choice…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attention, Cognitive Development
Houston, Carol – 1992
A study was conducted to determine if classroom discussion of Channel One broadcasts would increase student knowledge of current events. Channel One is a news program designed for middle school and high school students and is shown to participating schools across the United States. The program is free to schools that receive use of a satellite…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Current Events, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
