In the 1957-58 national television-in-schools experiment, more control-versus-experimental comparisons favored television than favored control classes¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 1959 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Of the comparisons between control and experimental groups, 68 favored television and 42 favored control classes; where differences were significant, 29 favored television and nine favored control groups. → 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

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Results of the National Program's nation-wide experiment involving 40,000 students in more than 200 elementary and secondary schools, with thirteen experiments undertaken and achievement measured by standardized tests. The printed counts favor television classes over control classes.

"Of the comparisons between con- trol and experimental groups, 68 fav- ored television and 42 favored control classes. Where the differences were sig- nificant, 29 were in favor of television classes and nine in favor of the control groups."

Discussion¶

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