A study of 300 secondary students in Lagos State (Nigeria) evaluated Speak Out television. Found that an instructional television enhances the teaching-learning process, that students viewing educational television demonstrated greater participation and interest, and that the location of the community (urban versus rural) in which children attend…

This document provides summaries of the conference organization, opening speeches, election of the chairperson, 4 presented papers and 11 contributions, conclusions, and recommendations. The following papers are presented in full in the appendix: (1) "Design and Production of Educational Materials for the Modernization of Teacher Training in…

Hints are given on the design and introduction of tape series, of the sound-film cycle "A trip to Moscow" and of the television course "We speak Russian" (Grades 9 and 10). (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This paper describes the way in which the University of Lowell Instructional Network is being used to provide local schools with access to the university's facilities and faculty. The STAR (Science Teachers Accessing Resources) program is described in detail from its inception, through the planning stages, culminating in two-way television…

A study examined instructional television (ITV) to determine the differences in the affect domain existing among three concurrent environments: the face-to-face environment, defined as the site from which the message originates; the on-site location, defined as a location in close proximity to the origin of the message; and the off-site location.…

The teaching strategy for one unit of a British Open University educational television series, "Personality Development and Learning," used audiocassettes and printed text as a means of examining broadcast television content. The teaching package contained the audiocassette, which combined academic comment with excerpts from the program…

To examine the influences of direct instructional principles on student learning, this study compared the results of using two different versions of an instructional television program. One version consisted of a randomly-selected ITV science program from the Educational Broadcasting Corporation's science series, "Odyssey," while the…

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 research paper discusses the messages and approaches being implemented in current television curricula for young children in the area of fire safety education, describes the process whereby the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) staff generated topics and approaches for inclusion in the model television curriculum, and lists the resources…

LISTENING-VIEWING CENTERS ARE BEING USED IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THEY ARE EFFECTIVE IN IMPROVING INSTRUCTION AND INCREASING TEACHER EFFICIENCY. LANGUAGE LABORATORIES MEET THE DEMAND FOR PERSON-TO-PERSON COMMUNICATIONS. THEY PERMIT ALL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM OTHERS, THUS THEY INCREASE…

GOAL OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN AUDITORY AND VISUAL STIMULI PRESENTED BY EDUCATIONAL TV. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ASKED WHETHER VISUAL REINFORCEMENT, CONTINUITY, AND MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES INCREASE MASTERY OF SCIENCE INFORMATION BY FIFTH GRADERS. 72 TV LESSONS IN 9 AREAS OF SCIENCE, VARYING COMBINATIONS OF THE 3 TECHNIQUES AT…

TELECAST PROGRAMS FOR THE UPPER PRIMARY GRADES WERE IN ART, MUSIC, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SCIENCE. A PREVIEW OF THE CONTENT OF EACH UNIT WAS GIVEN, TOGETHER WITH DETAILED INFORMATION FOR FOLLOWUP ACTIVITY. IN THE ART SERIES, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT PUPIL PARTICIPATION TAKE PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE TELECAST. INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY WAS…

THE USE OF TELEVISION FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PUPOSES IN THE SCHOOLS OF HAGERSTOWN, MD. HAS CREATED A CHANGE WHICH HAS BEEN PROFITABLE AND ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE SCHOOLS. PUPIL CONTROL IS EXTREMELY HIGH, ADMINISTRATORS ARE ABLE TO REDEPLOY TIME AND EFFORT OF TEACHING IN MORE MEANINGFUL WAYS, LESSONS ARE SUPERIOR IN QUALITY AND RICH IN MOTIVATION, COST IS…

INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION HAS HAD SOME REMARKABLE SUCCESSES, BUT ITS OVERALL IMPACT HAS BEEN INSIGNIFICANT IN THE LIGHT OF ITS POTENTIAL, AND OF THE INCREASING DEMANDS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. FOR TRULY EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION, EFFECTIVE PROGRAMING ADAPTED TO THE NEEDS AND RESOURCES OF THE MEDIUM IS NEEDED, ALONG WITH INFORMED AND…

A project was undertaken to study the effects of in-school television programs on gifted 5th and 6th grade students in rural northeastern Minnesota. Ten inservice training workshops on the education of the gifted were held, and TV Programs were developed (one series for the students on content, another stimulating thought processes). A battery of…