A study designed to reveal whether TV changes the teacher's image. It asked whether TV teacher personality traits are strengthened or weakened, magnified or diminished in the viewers' eyes. (HB)

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EXPERIENCED COLLEGE TEACHER WAS EVALUATED AS HE LECTURED TO STUDENTS OVER TELEVISION. FOUR PAIRS OF EXPERIENCED AND INEXPERIENCED TEACHERS WERE SELECTED FOR FOUR EXPERIMENTAL LECTURES PRESENTED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN EXISTING LIBERAL ARTS COURSE. ELEMENTS WERE SO ROTATED THAT STUDENTS WERE EXPOSED TO BOTH THE…

The objective was to determine (for neutral topic material) whether learning and attitude of basic airmen would be affected by using instructors from different branches of Department of Defense Services teaching through the medium of television. Instructor uniform created no differences in learning or attitude when students were taught a neutral…

Investigates whether television should be called upon to assist in teaching young students the basic skills that they seem not to be learning very well. Discusses the introduction of television teaching in El Salvador and evaluates the work of the Agency for Instructional Television to see how it is approaching the teaching of basic skills.…

A project designed to develop a television teacher rating instrument, and to study relationships between ratings of teachers, measures of student personality, and student reports of mood associated with instruction utilized over 2,300 undergraduates: 618 of them described an ideal teacher on an adjectival rating scale and the remainder rated…

This paper discusses how, through the use of video, successful classrooms and a large number of teachers can be brought together to improve the teaching of "at-risk" students. The project is designed to present the key elements of good teaching and successful instructional programs to teachers and prospective teachers. Descriptions are…

This paper describes the instructor selection process for a television course in health education for undergraduate students. Since presenter selection may be critical for instructional effectiveness, the selection process was designed to utilize objective data to predict the presenter's impact on the intended audience. Audience appeal or ability…

Postulating that instructional television (ITV) is invaluable to the elementary school teacher, this leaflet likens the teacher to the medical practitioner. He diagnoses a learning problem and calls in 'experts' as required, by means of electronics--TV, radio, etc.--or books. ITV can complement teaching by stimulating and motivating learning,…

Starting from research-based conclusions regarding the use of Educational Television (ETV) in colleges, and the premise that ETV is a new medium of instruction rather than just another method, this book tries to answer three questions: 1. Can a distinction be made between the consequences of students being taught by ETV and the consequences…

The 68 journal articles, books, and ERIC documents described in this annotated bibliography cover all aspects of the topic of lecturing, from general considerations on the methodology and effectiveness of lecturing to specific advice on how to lecture and the results of research studies on lecturing's effect and usefulness. Besides summarizing the…

Conventional methods are inadequate for teaching deaf people, especially at college level. In order to determine whether television would be more effective, several factors needed to be investigated. Priority was given to the design of the instructional program. A multisensory method (the simultaneous method) was adopted. Tests showed that the…

An attempt is made in this guide to synthesize the best attributes of the traditional methods of teaching (where subject orientation is primary) and the more progressive methods (where the child as a personality is the central focus). The traditional approach is used in explicating the conventional qualities of a good teacher, methods of lesson…