In sixth-grade science, conventional instruction appeared better for average and below-average pupils¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Conventional instruction appeared better than television for average and below-average pupils in the sixth-grade science course. → 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?

The sixth-grade science course was used to study the effect of pupil and teacher attitudes on television instruction. The abstract reports "conventional instruction appeared better for the average and below average pupils."

"In science, conventional instruction appeared better for the average and below average pupils."

Discussion¶

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