A study investigated the extent to which instructional films by themselves can teach a body of factual information. Three comparable groups of ninth-grade students were taught a course in general science. One group saw a series of 44 films and received no other instruction. The second group saw the films and studied specially prepared short study…

The purpose of this study was to analyze two methods of instruction used in an animal biology course. One group of students, the experimental group, was taught using an audio-tutorial program, and another group, the control group, was taught using the conventional lecture-laboratory method. Pretest and posttest data were collected from achievement…

Discussion of learner motivations and learner satisfaction in distance education courses using electronic media focuses on a study at Utah State University that compared students using an audio/graphic system with students taught by traditional methods. The use of the Educational Participation Scale (EPS) and the Learning Environment Inventory…

This is a case study that examines the effect of using presentations developed by teacher in addition to using commercially produced educational software CD-ROM in Audio-Visual Room/Computer Laboratory after classroom teaching, on students' academic achievement, as a method of Teaching Mathematics compared with only classroom teaching or after…

Describes an evaluative study of a videotaped class offered to undergraduate education students at Boise State University. Comparisons are made with a conventionally taught class, student achievement and attitudes are described, technical quality is discussed, and a video utilization checklist is provided. (four references) (LRW)

Attitudinal differences among first-year polytechnic students towards ways of learning mathematics are investigated in relation to field of study, level of ability, and method of instruction. (RAO)

This study compared teachers instructed in use of Landsat satellite maps through one-way television and simultaneous telephone group conferencing to another teacher group instructed directly. Thirty teachers of intermediate children in Edmonton and Sherwood Park, Alberta, received 5 hours of instruction about Landsat maps over a 2-week period;…