One biology test showed televised instruction significantly more effective than conventional instruction, with effects uniform across ability groups¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1959 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In one biology test, television instruction was significantly more effective than conventional instruction and the effect was uniform for all ability groups. → Cincinnati Public Schools; Holmes 1959

Evidence¶

Cincinnati Public Schools; Holmes 1959¶

Cincinnati Public Schools; Holmes, Presley D., Jr. (1959). Report of Three Experiments in the Use of Television in Instruction, 1958-59; Television Research in the Teaching-Learning Process. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02713451

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Cincinnati Public Schools experiment comparing four biology classes taught by television versus conventional instruction. The abstract reports the test result verbatim: "significantly more effective than conventional instruction and was uniform for all ability groups."

"One biology test showed television instruction to be significantly more effective than conventional instruction and was uniform for all ability groups."

Discussion¶

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