Televised Navy indoctrination instruction produced no differences in achievement scores compared with conventional instruction¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 1959 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In a Navy indoctrination course, televised instruction showed no differences in achievement scores, and instructors saw advantages and preferred televised instruction. → Twyford 1959

Evidence¶

Twyford 1959¶

Twyford, L., abstractor. (1959). ABSTRACTS: The National Program in the Use of Television in the Public Schools. A Report on the First Year 1957-58; Coordinate Index and Abstracts of Training Device Literature. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02713419

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Abstract of a Navy indoctrination-course comparison reported by the abstractor; the abstract states only that "No differences were found in achievement scores" and that instructors preferred televised instruction. No sample sizes or statistics are printed.

"Instructors see the advantages and prefer televised instruction. No differences were found in achievement scores."

Discussion¶

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