Describes a project at Oral Roberts University that is designed to give students a basic level of broadcasting skill through participation in the production of a half-hour cable network program. (RL)

To study the effect of video-production coursework on the interpretation and aesthetic evaluation of television programing, 30 undergraduates--20 with different degrees of and 10 with no video-production experience--viewed a television program and completed a questionnaire. The groups responded differently to the presentation, demonstrating the…

Describes an educational TV series, broadcast in Pennsylvania, called Science for the Seventies (SFTS), which presents science lessons for the elementary level. Each lesson consists of objectives, background information, an equipment list, and four or five related science activities. (MLH)

In order to use television for teaching English as a second language most effectively, a multimedia system is necessary in which the TV is one attraction. Teachers and students then will have active roles to assist language acquisition. A Canadian example of such a system is discussed. (CHK)

Noting the difficulties communication departments have in providing students with television production opportunities, this paper proposes the use of cable television public access channels as a means of overcoming those difficulties. After defining and differentiating between local origination and public access programing, the paper discusses the…

Tests were administered pre, during, and post telecast of Plaza Sesamo to children in lower class day-care centers in Mexico City. Results indicate significant differences between control and experimental groups in general knowledge, numbers, letters, and words as taught by Plaza Sesamo. (Author/BJG)

This survey was designed to complement the information obtained in previous surveys by concentrating on two categories of courses: new courses since the previous survey (12 undergraduate and two short courses) and courses which had lost their television repeats since the previous survey (23 undergraduate courses). The aims of this survey were 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…

Today, with the influx of media production courses across the country, students can intimately experience the differences between acting for the stage and acting for the screen and learn to shape their performances for a two-dimensional image. Such a course in video and film acting was introduced at the University of Arkansas. Students enrolled…

Faced with the necessity of producing a large number of programs with extremely limited means, the Ethiopian Schools Television Service has developed a special format for its three series in English as a second language. Eight to ten minute lessons or stories told with still photographs and recorded dialogue and music serve as discussion topics,…

Supplementing the educational program of the state of Kentucky's schools is the largest state ETV network in the United States. The system's facilities, financing, administration, and programing are the principle topics of discussion in this article. (LS)

Recent research data have suggested that the mediated courses of Chicago's TV College have increasingly begun to draw from new and different populations of students with different characteristics and levels of ability. This study was designed to generate survey-type data regarding the demographic and attitudinal characteristics of a wide spectrum…

The fifteen item examination was designed to measure the students' ability to operate television equipment. A few of the items create situations involving decisions that must be made throughout a television production. The student must explain the procedure he would follow in handling the situation. Other items require the student to define terms…