A controlled comparative study of color versus monochrome television for teaching is nearing completion, with results not yet reported¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 1951 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Aptitude-equated trainee groups were simultaneously taught by the same instructor over color versus monochrome receivers, a design the authors expect will make the study the most definitive on color in learning; results were pending at reporting. → Joseph H. Kanner 1951

Evidence¶

Joseph H. Kanner 1951¶

Joseph H. Kanner. (1951). Army Television Research Activities. https://eric.ed.gov

q2 · i? · causal · r?

A comparative study conducted at the Signal School, Fort Monmouth, and the Ordnance Guided Missile School, Huntsville, across varied subject matter including material not expected to benefit from color. The article reports the design only: "Groups of trainees equated for aptitude were simultane- ously taught by the same instructor"; no results are given.

"Groups of trainees equated for aptitude were simultane- ously taught by the same instructor. One group saw the instruction over color receivers, the other over mono- chrome receivers."

Discussion¶

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