Discusses the factors involved in preparing ETV programs that will be meaningful to villagers in India. (LS)

Of three educational programs, two were manipulated to contain: (1) no humor; or (2) humor in a slow pace, an intermediate pace, or a fast pace. It was found that the presence of humor greatly facilitates selective exposure to an educational television program. (Author/GK)

The authors cite many of the educational programs available on public television and suggest that teachers make use of them to reinforce classroom learning. (SJL)

Presents five responses from practicing teachers to the question, "How do you incorporate commercial and/or public television in your English curriculum?" (HB)

Public broadcasting increased the number of programs for older children during the 1994-95 television season. Data from the Yankelovich Youth Monitor, a survey of 1,211 subjects aged 6 to 17 years, provide some information about response to these programs and give some insight into serving the 9 to 11 age group in particular. Television continued…

A game program aimed at preschool and elementary students to inspire them to draw as much as possible and to help them to develop their abilities. (Author/JR)

A question-and-answer article on Action for Children's Television and how it stands on key issues in children's TV today. (HB)

THE FRAMES OF REFERENCE FROM WHICH THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS WERE DISCUSSED WERE--(1) THE PRODUCER (AND HIS SITUATION) IN THE STATION AND (2) THE VIEWER (AND HIS PERCEPTION) OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM (ETV) STRUCTURE. ETV PROGRAM STRUCTURE, PROGRAM ORIGINATORS, AND THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF…

SEVERAL EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS OF TELEVISION USERS WERE SELECTED TO RECEIVE FORMS OF MAILED STIMULI, INCLUDING SEVERAL FORMS OF PROGRAM INFORMATION SOURCES, PLUS A SERIES OF PERSONAL LETTERS URGING THE VIEWER TO USE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION. FINDINGS SHOWED THAT THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION VIEWING, REGARDLESS OF THE THEMATIC…

The results of a field study, a controlled experiment, and clinical observations on the educational effects of "Sesame Street" on Israeli children are summarized in this report. An overview section presents the general format and major findings, the next section describes the background setting of the studies, a method section covers the…

Last year, Prime Time School Television conducted a survey of teachers to determine what kinds of evening television programs would be most helpful in teaching. Those that developed values was the answer and this article considered how television programing was utilized to help students better understand moral values. (Author/RK)

Children viewed televised messages with identical content that were presented in either child or adult program forms and at three levels of difficulty. Visual attention was significantly greater for messages in child forms, but showed minor variation according to content difficulty. Recall scores were higher for child forms and for easy versions.…

Discusses ways the television can be used in building language skills in the classroom. (MM)

Children were shown television sequences depicting black and white children teaching" concepts, to test whether concepts would be learned and whether social preferences would change; the children learned the concepts but preferred companions of their own color both before and after viewing. (SP)

Presented is an update of the special Critical Viewing Skills curriculum projects (reviewed in Teacher, April, 1979) sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education. The update provides feedback on the projects. (KC)