A 5-year case study was implemented to evaluate the two-way Carroll Instructional Television Consortium, which utilizes a cable television network serving four school districts in Illinois. This network permits simultaneous video and audio interactive communication among four high schools. The naturalistic inquiry method employed included…

The complete text and pictures of a slide/tape and videotape presentation explain Prime Time School Television (PTST), a non-profit organization, with emphasis on the active role of participants in utilizing prime time programs in everyday teaching-learning situations. PTST encourages teachers to recommend and use evening television programs as…

THE BACKGROUND, USE, ORGANIZATION, EQUIPMENT, CAPABILITIES, PLANNING, AND PREPARATION FOR STUDIO TELECASTS, AND THE EVALUATION OF THE TV CENTER AT AIR UNIVERSITY WERE GIVEN. THE TV CENTER WAS ORGANIZED UNDER THE AIR UNIVERSITY (AU) LIBRARY TO PRODUCE AND DIRECT THE TELECASTS FOR THE THREE AU SCHOOLS EQUIPPED TO RECEIVE THEM. TELEVISION WAS USED TO…

THIS 3-PHASE STUDY SOUGHT TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE PRODUCER OF NEW EDUCATIONAL IDEAS AND THE PRACTITIONER, OR TEACHER, BY EFFECTIVE USE OF NETWORK TELEVISION. PHASE I, DATA GATHERING, INCLUDED REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, AND IDENTIFICATION OF INNOVATIONAL PROJECTS BY CONSULTATION, FIELD VISITS, AND A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO MEMBERS OF 2 NATIONAL…

THREE SMALL SCHOOLS IN UTAH, INCLUDING THREE TEACHERS AND THEIR SPANISH I STUDENTS, PARTICIPATED IN THIS STUDY. ONE TEACHER RECEIVED CONVENTIONAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING, THE OTHER TWO WERE GIVEN IN IN-SERVICE TRAINING IN TEACHING SPANISH AS THEY OBSERVED THE TELEVISION CLASS. ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS OBSERVED THE TELEVISION CLASS THREE TIMES PER WEEK…

AN INTENSIVE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM OF HOME TEACHING AND GUIDANCE WAS CONDUCTED WITH 30 RURAL AREA DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. THE SAMPLES WERE GROUPED INTO (1) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP THAT RECEIVED 21 WEEKS OF HOME TEACHING, (2) A CONTROL GROUP THAT RECEIVED ATTENTION THROUGH HOME VISITS, AND (3) A CONTROL GROUP THAT RECEIVED ONLY THE TESTING. THE…

AN EVALUATION WAS MADE OF SEVERAL INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION. THIRTY-SIX EXPERIMENTAL CLASSES OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (225) ENROLLED IN PHYSICS OR CHEMISTRY CLASSES WERE SELECTED BY STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING. THE THREE TREATMENTS INCLUDED (1) TELEVISION AND CORRESPONDENCE COURSES, (2) TELEVISION AND VISITS BY STUDENTS IN…

Mathematics teaching is most effective when practice situations cover appropriate material, require constant thought, are transferable to new situations, make sense to the student, and are subject to analysis of components. Teachers must carefully seek the real source of errors and insure that students are as concerned with processes as with…

A communications course was developed as a multimedia course using supplementary learning resources, such as audiotape cassettes and a series of televised lectures. To obtain information about the appropriateness and effectiveness of the methodology of the course, the research and development branch of the Ontario Educational Communications…

This publication includes discussion of the use of "combined teaching systems" (and most specifically television) in various European adult education programs. Brief reports are included on several programs (general and technical education, and arts and letters courses, in France; literacy in Italy; and various televised courses in…

The lack of qualified English teachers is a pressing problem in Puerto Rico where, officially, English is taught in grades 1-12 one hour each school day. Less than 1% of the primary grade teachers are qualified to teach English as a second language, yet because of their excellent methodology, they teach "very effectively their own faulty…

Two articles comprise the bulk of this bulletin. One discusses the use of television equipment in the teaching of psychiatry, dwelling on eight different program formats which have been developed and on five major areas in which the use of television and videotape recorders offers distinct advantages. The second article offers a review of the…

The effects of conventional classroom instruction, television instruction alone, and the combination of classroom and television instruction on the learning of science content and vocabulary by 470 sixth-grade students was tested. The three treatment groups were pre- and posttested to determine the degree of achievement each group attained. The…

The use of large-scale delivery systems to transmit information and skills to a large number of users at low cost is examined. A systematic review of past and current experiments with educational applications of computers and television is coupled with a study of the social milieu in which public schools can be expected to operate in the near…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISION TEACHING OF ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS WAS COMPARED WITH REGULAR CLASSROOM TEACHING BY ESTIMATING THE DIFFERENCES IN ACHIEVEMENT, INTEREST, DESIRE, MERIT, AND POSSIBILITIES THAT EACH APPROACH HAD TO OFFER. EACH GROUP WAS ADMINISTERED A BATTERY OF EIGHT TESTS ON A PRE- AND POST-TEST BASIS. ON EACH OF THE EIGHT…