A study on the effect of viewing violence on television on childrens' behavior was conducted within the context of sport activity. Three sports--baseball, hockey, and lacrosse--were chosen. Teams of children from three different age groups were the subjects. Within each of the age levels in each sport, teams were selected and assigned to…

A telephone survey of 1,487 adults in 91 nonmetropolitan areas of Tennessee was conducted to determine the nonmetropolitan newspaper audience, the exposure and effectiveness of nonmetro newspaper advertising, and the complementary relationship of advertising media, particularly newspapers and television, in nonmetropolitan markets. The results…

A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION HAS BEEN PREPARED, WITH AN ANNOTATION FOR EACH ENTRY. ENTRIES INCLUDE "TELEVISION FOR CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS,""TELEVISION IN TEACHER EDUCATION,""TEACH WITH TELEVISION,""IN-SERVICE EDUCATION BY TELEVISION,""THE USE OF CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION TO IMPROVE…

TEACHING MACHINES, COMPUTERS, AND APPROPRIATE BUILDING DESIGNS AND FACILITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ARE PRESENTED. THE PLATO PROGRAM (PROGRAMED LOGIC FOR AUTOMATIC TEACHING OPERATION) ALLOWS 1,000 STUDENTS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY STUDY EIGHT DIFFERENT LESSONS. EACH OF THE STUDENTS IS PLUGGED INTO THE MOTHER COMPUTER AND HAS A DIALOGUE WITH…

EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION MAY SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF TEACHER INSERVICE TRAINING. IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, 21 SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE COOPERATED IN PRODUCING A TEACHER INSERVICE PROGRAM. THE TELEVISION CENTER OF THE STATE COLLEGE PRODUCES AND DIRECTS THE TELECASTS. A COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATION DONATES ITS FACILITIES AND AIR TIME. A PERMANENT…

STUDIES ON NINTH GRADE GENERAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ARE INCLUDED--(1) "A COMPARISON OF THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOUR METHODS OF TEACHING NINTH GRADE GENERAL SCIENCE," BY RALPH SMITH AND HILDRETH H. MCASHAN. METHODS EMPLOYED ARE NORMAL INSTRUCTION TEACHER LECTURE, INDEPENDENT DIRECTED STUDY, AND INDEPENDENT DIRECTED STUDY PLUS…

THE ELECTRONIC AGE BRINGS WITH IT NEW PATTERNS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING. EDUCATORS AND LAYMEN NEED TO ORIENT THEMSELVES TO BE ABLE TO GRASP AND BENEFIT FROM THE NEW TECHNIQUES. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE EXPLOSION IN LEARNING ARE TRACED, STARTING WITH THE PRINTING PRESS. PRINTED BOOKS ALTERED PATTERNS OF STUDY MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO READ WIDELY WITHOUT…

PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO QUANTIFY BEHAVIOR CHANGES OF FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH GRADE MATH TEACHERS WHILE THEY WERE TAKING A 15-WEEK IN-SERVICE EDUCATIONAL TV COURSE, TAUGHT BY THE AUTHOR. 16 PAIRS OF TEACHERS WERE SELECTED FROM 6 DISTRICTS TO PARTICIPATE. 1 MEMBER OF EACH PAIR WAS CHOSEN BY LOT TO TAKE THE COURSE, AND THE OTHER AGREED NOT TO…

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE FURNISHING AND INSTALLATION OF TELEVISION MASTER ANTENNA SYSTEMS FOR SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE GIVEN. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS, EQUIPMENT, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, AND FUNCTIONS ARE DESCRIBED. (MS)

INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION IS USED TO TEACH SAMOAN ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE 12-YEAR GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO RAISE THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL OF SAMOAN PUPILS TO U.S. AGE-GRADE LEVELS. SUBJECTS TAUGHT ARE ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY, AND SAMOAN CULTURE. (MS)

THIS REPORT CONCERNS THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TELEVISION'S CONFERENCE ON TELEVISION IN HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION. THE CONFERENCE WAS CONDUCTED TO ASSESS TELEVISION MATERIALS NOW OFFERED IN HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN AN EFFORT TO STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INCREASINGLY EFFECTIVE TELEVISION MATERIALS. THE REPORT HAS 3…

THIS REPORT CONCERNS THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TELEVISION'S CONFERENCE ON TELEVISION IN SCIENCE EDUCATION. THE CONFERENCE WAS CONDUCTED TO ASSESS TELEVISION MATERIALS NOW BEING OFFERED IN SCIENCE, IN AN EFFORT TO STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INCREASINGLY EFFECTIVE TELEVISION MATERIALS FOR THE NATION'S SCHOOLS. THE REPORT HAS 3…

THE COMPETING INTERESTS OF INFORMAL ADULT EDUCATION AND THOSE OF FORMAL SCHOOLING HAVE INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK (N.E.T.), AS HAS ALSO THE STRUGGLE OVER THE PROPER ROLE OF N.E.T. IN THE TOTAL EDUCATIONAL TV FIELD -- WHETHER IT WAS TO BE A NATIONAL PROGRAM LIBRARY FOR LOCAL STATIONS, A REGULAR PROGRAM…

THE SOUTHERN STATES WORK CONFERENCE, SPONSORED BY THE CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS AND THE STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS OF THE SOUTH SET FORTH THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURES FOR TELEVISION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE SOUTHERN STATES INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS WERE ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH…

THE AIMS OF THIS PROJECT WERE TO STUDY THE RETENTION BY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN OF SCIENCE MATERIAL PRESENTED IN AN INTEGRATED PROGRAM OF SCIENCE TEACHING BY TELEVISION, AND TO STUDY THE CHANGES IN INTERESTS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE SUBSEQUENT TO THE PRESENTATION OF SUCH AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. THE SUBJECTS WERE 1,600 FIFTH-GRADE…