Ten Army installations use television for teaching, with five more scheduled within the next year¶

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

Subclaims¶

q2 i? At the time of reporting, 10 Army installations used television for teaching and five more were scheduled for TV instruction within the next year. → Joseph H. Kanner 1951

Evidence¶

Joseph H. Kanner 1951¶

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

q2 · i? · design · r1

Descriptive status report by the chief of the audio-visual applications office, Army Pictorial Service Division, on institutional adoption: "10 Army installations use television for teaching and five more are scheduled". No evaluation data are reported for this figure.

"At present, 10 Army installations use television for teaching and five more are scheduled for TV instruction within the next year."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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