Army reservists of all grades made statistically significant gains on information tests after viewing instructional telecasts¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1951 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? All grades of reservists made statistically significant gains on information tests after viewing a series of eight telecasts. → Audio-Visual Communication Review 1951

Evidence¶

Audio-Visual Communication Review 1951¶

Audio-Visual Communication Review, research abstracts on television instruction. (1951). https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Training+by+Television+Study+in+Learning+and+Retention

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Evaluation of a series of eight telecasts broadcast to Army reservists in major cities, assessed with information tests and attitude questionnaires. The digest reports that "All grades of reservists made statistically significant gains"; no effect size is printed.

"All grades of reservists made statistically significant gains on the information tests after viewing the telecasts"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Topics treated explicitly produced large knowledge gains, while sketchily or indirectly treated topics were not learned by most reservists — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Reservists retained most TV-learned material at retesting, officers 85% and enlisted men 65% — related
• Almost 90 percent of comparisons between television and conventional instruction showed no substantial differences in achievement or information gain — related
• Television instruction was at least as effective as regular instruction in Army basic training — related
• Reservists accepted TV instruction, more than half preferring it to conventional classroom instruction — related
• Kinescope recordings of television instruction were equally effective as regular instruction — related
• In the sewing telecast series, most homemaker viewers learned new things and practice use increased with the number of programs viewed — related
• Using television in army training is feasible, according to the summarized research — a broader claim this one bears on