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Reservists retained most TV-learned material at retesting, officers 85% and enlisted men 65%

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

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q2 i? When retested four or six weeks later, officers retained 85% and enlisted men 65% of what they learned by television. → 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

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Delayed retesting of the reservist telecast audience four or six weeks after viewing. The digest reports "officers retaining 85% and enlisted men 65%"; these are descriptive retention percentages, not effect sizes.

"reservists remembered what they learned by TV, officers retaining 85% and enlisted men 65% when they were retested four or six weeks later"

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title Reservists retained most TV-learned material at retesting, officers 85% and enlisted men 65%
description Reservists retained most TV-learned material at retesting, officers 85% and enlisted men 65%
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 1951
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-29
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