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Direct linkGocen, Gokcen; Okur, Alpaslan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
Generally, the speaking aspect is not properly debated when discussing the positive and negative effects of television (TV), especially on children. So, to highlight this point, this study was first initialized by asking the question: "What are the effects of TV on speech?" and secondly, to transform the effects that TV has on speech in…
Descriptors: Mass Media Effects, Television, Middle Schools, Middle School Students
Peer reviewedCompton, Mary F. – Clearing House, 1983
Disputes previous research findings that the amount of time spent viewing television declines significantly during the adolescent years. (FL)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Commercial Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedVan Hoose, John J.; Riddle, Denise – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
A ten-year study of television viewing and content found that middle level students watch more television than any other age group. They are exposed to violence, sex, use of drugs, and sex role socialization in many programs. Schools can help students become discriminating consumers of television. (MLF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedHannan, Andrew; Charlton, Tony – Research Papers in Education: Policy and Practice, 1999
Examined the leisure activities of middle school students on St. Helena (an island in the mid-South Atlantic) before and after the introduction of television. Diary surveys from 1994, 1995, and 1997 indicated that children took to watching television enthusiastically, but not (for the majority) to the extent to where their lives were dominated by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leisure Time, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
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)
