THE AVERAGE AUDIENCE MIDWAY THROUGH A BEGINNING RUSSIAN COURSE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 4000, BASED ON PROJECTIONS FROM A SAMPLE SURVEY OF TELEPHONE HOMES IN METROPOLITAN TORONTO. THE "LOYAL CORE," HOWEVER, WAS ESTIMATED AT ONLY ABOUT 1100. AN ADDITIONAL PHASE OF THIS STUDY ASSESSED REACTIONS TO THE PROGRAM FROM 58 PER CENT OF 2500 PERSONS WITH A…

THREE-HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED IN THE HOME, BY MAIL, AND BY TELEPHONE PROVIDED DATA FOR THIS AUDIENCE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH COURSE FEATURING A MIMICRY-MEMORY TECHNIQUE. ABOUT 35 PER CENT OF AN IDEAL TARGET AUDIENCE IN THE TORONTO METROPOLITAN AREA DEFINED ACCORDING TO AGE AND LINGUISTIC ABILITY WATCHED SOME OF THE PROGRAM, AND ABOUT…

THE PROBLEM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISION, FACE-TO-FACE LECTURE-DISCUSSION, TELEVISION SUPPLEMENTED BY CLASSROOM CONSULTANT SERVICES, AND FACE-TO-FACE LECTURE-DISCUSSION SUPPLEMENTED BY CLASSROOM CONSULTANT SERVICES AS METHODS OF INSERVICE EDUCATION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS. PRE- AND…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A COMPILATION OF STUDIES ON THE PROBLEMS AND POTENTIALS OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION DURING THE TIME PERIOD 1961-71. SIX TOPIC AREAS WERE COVERED--(1) RECOMMENDATIONS, (2) THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, (3) THE COMMUNITY JOB OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, (4) THE PROBLEM OF IMPROVING PROGRAMS, (5) THE PROBLEM OF FINANCING, (6) THE…

This catalog begins with a brief history of the Agency for Instructional Television, and it includes descriptions of some of the agency's projects and a list of its staff members. The bulk of the text, however, is devoted to the listing of over 100 educational videotapes and tape series. Each tape or series is listed according to subject and grade…

The important broadcasting systems in all parts of the world are analyzed and their origins, development, and present operations are explained in this book. A first part concentrates on national systems of broadcasting and is divided into sections containing information on North and Central America; the United Kingdom and Ireland; the Benelux…

The value of microteaching is being investigated at Malmo College of Education (Sweden). To study the effects of self-confrontation via closed-circuit television/videotape recording, as compared with the effect of the traditional tutorial model, a "p x q coefficient" experiment with repeated feeding was initiated in the school year…

The question of whether instructional technology is within the reach of the less affluent college leads to the following observations and conclusions: Instructional technology will not, cannot, and probably should not reduce the already meager budgets of the less affluent college. Technology has produced very little change in the average level of…

Nicholas Johnson is a member of the Federal Communications Commission. In this book he discusses the growing concentration of ownership and control of the mass media in the hands of a few people. He deals with the questions of corporate censorship, and the present and potential impact of the mass media on race relations. The larger issues posed by…

Leaning heavily on National Educational Television affiliates for its information, this survey of instructional television production units and the relationship of their facilities to the quality of television courses which they produce, finds: that instructional television is fairly well off in terms of "hardware" and only slightly lacking in…

Results of a survey showed that 95% of Minneapolis, Minn., elementary school children are exposed to educational television (ETV) lessons. The typical classroom teacher used ETV in three or four subject areas. More than nine out of 10 teachers reported satisfaction with the programs used. More than 80% of the teachers were satisfied with…

Having screened preview films and tapes and teacher manuals for educational television series available for his students' viewing, the teacher can identify the kinds of reading skills typically emphasized in each, perhaps charting them for ready reference. Subsequently, the preparation the teacher gives students before they view the programs and…

Many papers and articles over the past few years have suggested that the coaxial cable television (CATV) cable carries sufficient bandwidth into and out of the home that it can serve almost every conceivable communications need--providing many television viewing channels; two-way data, audio and data services; the functions of the present…

Cable television (CATV) promises to have the characteristics of a significant technology that will influence all of us in our personal lives and business endeavors. It will provide program diversity and new (nonbroadcast) services to households throughout the country. It will enable the viewer to interact with the program source via telephone.…

Maine has had educational television (ETV) for about 12 years. ETV has been successful in putting on public service programming, despite the legislature's suspicions of this type of programming. The fact that ETV has not had more widespread success in instructional television for the state's classrooms may partly depend on the state legislature's…