Silent filmstrips produced significantly higher mean gains than sound motion pictures, so sound and motion were not essential for maximum learning.¶
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q3 i? Filmstrips produced significantly higher mean gains than motion pictures; sound and motion did not seem essential to maximum learning. → Slattery 1953
Evidence¶
Slattery 1953¶
Slattery, Sister M. Jamesetta. (1953). An Appraisal of the Effectiveness of Selected Instructional Sound Motion Pictures and Silent Filmstrips in Elementary School Instruction. The Catholic University of America Press. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED073727
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In the same rotation-design experiment, the abstract reports that "filmstrips produced significantly higher mean gains than did motion pictures," leading the author to conclude sound and motion were not essential.
"Sound and motion did not seem essential to maximum learning of fifth-grade social studies since filmstrips produced significantly higher mean gains than did motion pictures."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Pupils of all intelligence levels learned from filmstrips and sound motion pictures, with higher-intelligence pupils achieving correspondingly higher scores. — related
- Pupil preference for sound motion pictures (only 24 pupils preferred silent filmstrips) is not, per the recorded results, justification for their use. — related
- Both sound motion pictures and silent filmstrips contributed to increased learning of fifth-grade social studies. — related
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Silent filmstrips produced significantly higher mean gains than sound motion pictures, so sound and motion were not essential for maximum learning. |
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Silent filmstrips produced significantly higher mean gains than sound motion pictures, so sound and motion were not essential for maximum learning. |
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1953 |
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