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AN OPINIONAIRE DESIGNED TO ASSESS STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARD HUMANITIES, NATURAL SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE WAS ADMINISTERED IN A BEGINNING-LEVEL HUMANITIES SECTION DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF THE SECOND SEMESTER. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE IF A RELATIONSHIP EXISTED BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF TELEVISION INSTRUCTION A STUDENT HAS…

A DETERMINATION OF THE FEASIBILITY AND DESIRABILITY OF A SIX-STATE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK IN THE STATES OF IOWA, NEBRASKA, MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND WISCONSIN WAS CONDUCTED. IT WAS FOUND THAT A SIX-STATE, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK WAS POSSIBLE FROM A TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT. THE NETWORK WOULD USE ONLY EDUCATIONAL STATIONS…

A TELEVISION COURSE IN ELEMENTARY SPANISH IS DESCRIBED. GIVEN MAINLY IN SPANISH, IT BUILDS FROM ZERO KNOWLEDGE AND TEACHES A SMALL HIGH-UTILITY VOCABULARY. INTAKE OF VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE IS GENTLY GRADED IN SENTENCES MADE UNDERSTANDABLE BY MEANS OF PICTURE-SITUATIONS. THE TELEVISION SERIES CONSISTS OF 24 PROGRAMS OF 30 MINUTES EACH, TO BE…

COST FACTORS INVOLVED IN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS ARE ANALYZED. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE ANALYSIS ARE--(1) TELEVISION IS TO BE USED AS A MAJOR RESOURCE IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, (2) FOR PURPOSES OF ANALYSIS, A TELEVISION COURSE CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF 144 HALF-HOUR PROGRAMS, PRESENTED FOUR TIMES WEEKLY THROUGHOUT A 36-WEEK SCHOOL…

AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IS AND HOW IT CAN BE USED IS PRESENTED. IT MAY BE CONSIDERED AS A VEHICLE FOR CONVEYING A MESSAGE AND AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL. IT CAN BE A SUPPLEMENT FOR BOOKS AS WELL AS A MOTIVATOR FOR USING BOOKS AND FOR LEARNING. IT CAN ENLARGE ONE'S RANGE OF EXPERIENCE IN A LOW-POWERED, SLOWLY PACED, INFORMAL MANNER.…

THE WORKING GROUP DISCUSSED MATTERS RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS--(1) ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF AN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SERVICE, (2) TRAINING OF PERSONNEL IN THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS, (3) SUPPLY OF PROGRAM MATERIAL TO NEWLY DEVELOPED…

FIVE METHODS OF TEACHING INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PORTABLE, ELECTRIC-POWER GENERATING EQUIPMENT TO ENLISTED MEN WERE COMPARED. METHODS WERE--38-HOUR CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION, 38-HOUR INTENSIVE TV INSTRUCTION, AND 3 16-HOUR TV COURSES, USING EXPERIENCED AND INEXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS, AND KINESCOPE RECORDINGS. A POST-SELECTION,…

THE AVERAGE AUDIENCE MIDWAY THROUGH A BEGINNING RUSSIAN COURSE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 4000, BASED ON PROJECTIONS FROM A SAMPLE SURVEY OF TELEPHONE HOMES IN METROPOLITAN TORONTO. THE "LOYAL CORE," HOWEVER, WAS ESTIMATED AT ONLY ABOUT 1100. AN ADDITIONAL PHASE OF THIS STUDY ASSESSED REACTIONS TO THE PROGRAM FROM 58 PER CENT OF 2500 PERSONS WITH A…

THREE-HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED IN THE HOME, BY MAIL, AND BY TELEPHONE PROVIDED DATA FOR THIS AUDIENCE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH COURSE FEATURING A MIMICRY-MEMORY TECHNIQUE. ABOUT 35 PER CENT OF AN IDEAL TARGET AUDIENCE IN THE TORONTO METROPOLITAN AREA DEFINED ACCORDING TO AGE AND LINGUISTIC ABILITY WATCHED SOME OF THE PROGRAM, AND ABOUT…

THE PROBLEM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISION, FACE-TO-FACE LECTURE-DISCUSSION, TELEVISION SUPPLEMENTED BY CLASSROOM CONSULTANT SERVICES, AND FACE-TO-FACE LECTURE-DISCUSSION SUPPLEMENTED BY CLASSROOM CONSULTANT SERVICES AS METHODS OF INSERVICE EDUCATION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS. PRE- AND…

A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE DETERMINANTS OF AUDIENCE COMPOSITION AND AUDIENCE REACTION TO AN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM BROADCAST BY A PHILADELPHIA STATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSLYVANIA. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AUDIENCE INCLUDED SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, PATTERNS OF ATTENDANCE, INFORMATION…