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Chang, Yanrong – Communication Teacher, 2006
This activity uses video clips from a popular sitcom, "Friends," to help students grasp the relational, rule-governed, and culture-specific nature of nonverbal communication. It opens students' eyes to nonverbal behaviors that are happening on a daily basis so that they not only master the knowledge but are able to apply it. While other popular…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Nonverbal Communication, Television, Programming (Broadcast)
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Graham, Alan – Teaching Statistics, 1994
Presents ideas for purposeful statistical investigations based on data from "TV Guide" that involve simulations using a spreadsheet. (MKR)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Hepburn, Mary A. – Social Education, 1997
Provides background information and learning activities for six areas of inquiry concerning media literacy and violence. These are (1) "Monitoring 'Action' in TV Cartoons"; (2) "To Market, To Market (Share)"; (3) "What's 'Educational' Anyway"; (4) "Rating the TV Rating System"; (5) "Nine Risks of TV Violence"; and (6) "Teenagers in the News." (MJP)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Critical Viewing, Elementary Secondary Education, Journalism
Henrico County Public Schools, Glen Allen, VA. Virginia Vocational Curriculum and Resource Center. – 1996
Developed in Virginia, this publication contains task analysis guides to support selected tech prep programs that prepare students for careers in radio and television production. This guide contains the following elements: (1) a collection of secondary and postsecondary instructional objectives and performance measures that reflect the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Community Colleges, Competence, Competency Based Education