Almost 90 percent of comparisons between television and conventional instruction showed no substantial differences in achievement or information gain¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1959 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Almost 90 percent of television-versus-conventional comparisons showed no substantial differences in achievement or information gain. → 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? · review · r2

Holmes's doctoral thesis analyzed trends in television research relating to the teaching-learning process by coding research information into a classification system. It reports "Almost 90 percent of comparisons" showed no substantial differences.

"Almost 90 percent of comparisons between television and conventional instruc- tion showed no substantial differences in achievement or information gain."

Discussion¶

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