Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using in classroom two types of television instruction: videotape recordings and live programs. (CC)

Discusses the use of television as a teaching medium by the Open University, and identifies five basic ways in which case studies can vary. These differences are used to argue that the less experience students have in using television case studies, the greater the need for didactic, structured programs. (JEG)

Instructional, or educational, television can be an effective instructional tool if lesson plans are developed that promote interactive viewing and involve the students in a variety of integrated learning activities. Teaching methods will influence the decision to use educational television as well as the ways in which television programming is…

At a two-day meeting sponsored by the National Center for School and College Television and by the American Psychological Association, 15 specialists viewed and reacted to recorded television materials currently used in psychology instruction. Most of the television programs were designed to be courses in Introductory Psychology, and most of the…

During the fall semester of 1976, a pre-test/post-test study was conducted to compare open circuit television and on-campus instruction for "introduction to business" students. The telecourse consisted of on-campus orientation, newsletters, a study guide, 30 TV programs, telephone assistance, selected activities, and examinations. The sample…

A review of literature germane to the subject helps provide an introduction to this study whose object is to identify the trends and practices that have occurred in television teaching of music from the late 1940's to the present. Other purposes of the study are to categorize and analyze the content and developing program formats of current…

Research conducted on El Salvador's educational reform program during the 1970 school year is summarized. The primary focus is on the effect of instructional television on that reform. The administrative history of the 1970 school year is briefly reviewed. Learning patterns in the seventh- and eighth-grade television classes are compared with…

Research conducted on El Salvador's educational reform program during the 1970 school year is summarized. The primary focus is on the effect of instructional television on that reform. The administrative history of the 1970 school year is briefly reviewed. Learning patterns in the seventh-and eighth-grade television classes are compared with those…