In telecast mathematics, high-ability pupils did better with conventional instruction while average-ability pupils did better watching television¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 1959 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? High ability pupils did better with conventional instruction while average-ability pupils did better watching television. → 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

q2 · i? · causal · r?

In the seventh-grade telecast mathematics study, an ability-by-instruction pattern is reported: "high ability pupils did better with conventional instruction while those with average ability did better watching television."

"high ability pupils did better with conventional instruction while those with average ability did better watching television."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• General Cognitive Ability — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it

Related Claims¶

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