Data collected by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting indicate that more than 70 percent of all institutions of higher education make some use of television. Ten percent use it only for noninstructional purposes such as promotion, recruitment, or staff development; 61 percent use it for instruction; and 36 percent use it to supplement existing…

THE GROWTH AND PROGRESS OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IS DESCRIBED. GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NONCOMMERCIAL TELEVISION (TV) BROADCASTING STATIONS (EDUCATIONAL TV FACILITIES ACT), GRANTS OF SURPLUS PROPERTY UNDER THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT HAVE AIDED THE GROWTH OF EDUCATIONAL TV. GREATER USE IS MADE OF EDUCATIONAL TV BECAUSE OF GREATER USE…

A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AND TEACH A HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS COURSE VIA TELEVISION WAS PRESENTED. A FACULTY MAMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HEADED THE PROGRAM. THE FIRST 1-YEAR COURSE WAS BEGUN IN SEPTEMBER 1956, CONSISTING OF 162 DAILY HALF-HOUR LESSONS, TELECAST TO 26 LOCAL CLASSES. DURING THE TELECASTS, PHOTOGRAPHY WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH…

AN EARLY MORNING TELEVISION COURSE IN ELEMENTARY FRENCH IS DESCRIBED. THE COURSE IS CONDUCTED PRIMARILY IN FRENCH AND BUILDS FROM ZERO KNOWLEDGE, TEACHING A SMALL HIGH-UTILITY VOCABULARY. INTAKE OF VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE IS GENTLY GRADED IN SENTENCES MADE UNDERSTANDABLE BY MEANS OF PICTURE-SITUATIONS. EACH LESSON CONSISTS OF THE FILM LESSON OF…

IN CONNECTION WITH ITS CONCERN WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN LARGE URBAN AREAS, THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SPONSORED A PROJECT TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS--(1) CAN TELEVISION CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS FACING URBAN COMMUNITIES, (2) CAN IT BE USED TO BRING ABOUT LOCAL ACTION ON THESE PROBLEMS, (3) HOW CAN IT…

THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDES ABSTRACTS OF 350 EXPERIMENTS IN INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION AND INSTRUCTIONAL FILM SINCE 1950. EACH ABSTRACT DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM, SAMPLE, SUBJECT TAUGHT, KEY VARIABLES, AND CRITERION INSTRUMENTS. RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY DATA, AND STATISTICS, WHEN AVAILABLE, ARE ALSO GIVEN. THE INTRODUCTION REVIEWS RESEARCH TRENDS. AUTHOR AND…

TO TEST THE ASSUMPTION THAT LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS VIA TV MIGHT DECLINE DUE TO LENGTHY VIEWING TIME AND FATIGUE, THIS STUDY COMPARED EFFECTS OF 38 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS TV TRAINING IN 5 DAYS WITH REGULAR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION OVER THE SAME PERIOD. EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MINIMAL TV PRESENTATIONS THAT TRANSMIT EXISTING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION WITH NO…

THIS REPORT CONCERNS THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TELEVISION'S CONFERENCE ON TELEVISION IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION. THE CONFERENCE WAS CONDUCTED TO ASSESS TELEVISION MATERIALS NOW BEING USED IN SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK AND IN THE AREAS OF THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. THE REPORT HAS 4 SECTIONS, (1) A DISCUSSION OF THE CENTER'S INTEREST…

A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE MERITS AND PROBLEMS INVOLVED WITH EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IS GIVEN. INCLUDED IS A DISCUSSION OF THE RELATIVE ADVANTAGES OF CONVENTIONAL AND CLOSED CIRCUIT SYSTEMS, WITH RESPECT TO INITIAL AND OPERATING COSTS AND PERFORMANCE. THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE SEPTEMBER, 1966, ISSUE OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL BOARD JOURNAL. COPIES…

THE FINAL REPORT OF A STUDY INVOLVING CHILDREN DURING THE SUMMER AFTER FIRST GRADE IS PRESENTED. THE STUDY WAS DESIGNED FOR THESE PURPOSES--(1) TO DETERMINE THE READING LOSS OR GAIN OF FIRST-GRADE CHILDREN DURING THE SUMMER OF 1965 AND 1966, (2) TO DEVELOP AND PRESENT A SUMMER READING PROGRAM BY TELEVISION, AND (3) TO TEST THE NULL HYPOTHESIS THAT…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS A LISTING, WITH BRIEF ANNOTATION, OF A SERIES OF REFERENCES RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION. THE REFERENCES COVER A BROAD RANGE OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING--(1) GENERAL BACKGROUND, (2) DESCRIPTION OF PRESENT USES, (3) RESEARCH, EXPERIMENTATION, AND THEORY, AND (4) PLANNING, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND DESIGN CRITERIA. (MM)

WITH THE INCREASING PRESSURES FOR TEACHING MORE SUBJECTS AND DEVOTING MORE TIME TO PRESENT SUBJECTS, IS THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL A WORTHWHILE OBJECTIVE. A 3 YEAR STUDY IN THE ST. PAUL AREA ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER DEVOTING 15 MINUTES PER DAY TO SPANISH INSTRUCTION VIA TELEVISION HAD AN EFFECT ON LEARNING IN OTHER…

THIS DOCUMENT DISCUSSES STATEWIDE METHODS OF IMPROVING THE DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS. THE AUTHORS PRESENT A HISTORICAL TREATMENT OF NEW YORK STATE'S AUDIOVISUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, AND THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY ABOUT MOTION PICTURE EQUIPMENT AND FILM USE. THE REPORT ALSO DEALS WITH (1) THE GENERAL HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF…

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF USING COMPUTER METHODS IN ESTABLISHING LOCATIONS OF ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY TELEVISION BROADCASTING CENTERS. THE STUDY IS A FOLLOWUP TO A PREVIOUS SURVEY WHICH INDICATED THE NEED FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION CHANNELS IN ADDITION TO THOSE AVAILABLE UNDER THE EXISTING TABLE…

VARIOUS MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION WERE PRESENTED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, JAPAN, CANADA, UNITED STATES, AND ITALY. ALSO, SEVERAL PAPERS DISCUSSED (1) PROBLEMS, FUNCTIONS, AND TRENDS, (2) THE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION ON THE CLASSROOM TEACHER, (3) PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, (4)…