Pupil preference for sound motion pictures (only 24 pupils preferred silent filmstrips) is not, per the recorded results, justification for their use.¶

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q2 i? Sound motion picture appeal, evident from only 24 pupils preferring silent filmstrips, was not justification for use according to the recorded results. → 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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The abstract reports preference data from the experiment: "only 24 pupils preferred silent filmstrips," and concludes that appeal alone did not justify using sound motion pictures.

"Sound motion picture appeal, which is evident from the fact that only 24 pupils preferred silent filmstrips, is not, according to the recorded results, justification for use."

Discussion¶

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