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| author | Cervero, Ronald Cunningham, Phyllis M. |
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| contents | An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Instructional Television for GED Preparation. Cervero, Ronald Cunningham, Phyllis M. Academic Achievement Educational Media Educational Television High School Equivalency Programs Instructional Programs Open Education Participant Characteristics Participant Satisfaction Program Effectiveness Program Evaluation Racial Differences Student Attitudes To determine the efficacy of instructional television for adults in GED (General Educational Development) programs in large urban areas, a study was conducted using Kentucky Education Television's (KET) newly marketed GED preparation series (which was instituted with the help of the Chicago Public Library and local colleges). The study was guided by three main purposes: To assess the effectiveness of a design for fitting televised instruction (ITV) into a larger instructional network, to compare the GED performance of adults who were prepared by this TV course with a comparable sample of GED testees who prepared for the test in some other way, and to assess students' perceptions of TV instruction in general and of this television series (KET/GED) in particular. This report includes a complete description of study procedures, results, and conclusions. Overall conclusions note the following: (1) Remedial education via ITV is an attractive format for urban audiences when such instruction is offered at no cost to the student. (2) Forty percent of the audience tested stated that they would not have been able to prepare for the GED test in other ways, indicating that ITV does reach in part a new audience which would not access conventional instructional programs. (3) Major motivational factors included convenience of the weekend broadcast, preference for TV instruction, confinement to the home, and a perceived compactness of the course. (SH) |
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| spellingShingle | An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Instructional Television for GED Preparation. Cervero, Ronald Cunningham, Phyllis M. Academic Achievement Educational Media Educational Television High School Equivalency Programs Instructional Programs Open Education Participant Characteristics Participant Satisfaction Program Effectiveness Program Evaluation Racial Differences Student Attitudes An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Instructional Television for GED Preparation. Cervero, Ronald Cunningham, Phyllis M. Academic Achievement Educational Media Educational Television High School Equivalency Programs Instructional Programs Open Education Participant Characteristics Participant Satisfaction Program Effectiveness Program Evaluation Racial Differences Student Attitudes To determine the efficacy of instructional television for adults in GED (General Educational Development) programs in large urban areas, a study was conducted using Kentucky Education Television's (KET) newly marketed GED preparation series (which was instituted with the help of the Chicago Public Library and local colleges). The study was guided by three main purposes: To assess the effectiveness of a design for fitting televised instruction (ITV) into a larger instructional network, to compare the GED performance of adults who were prepared by this TV course with a comparable sample of GED testees who prepared for the test in some other way, and to assess students' perceptions of TV instruction in general and of this television series (KET/GED) in particular. This report includes a complete description of study procedures, results, and conclusions. Overall conclusions note the following: (1) Remedial education via ITV is an attractive format for urban audiences when such instruction is offered at no cost to the student. (2) Forty percent of the audience tested stated that they would not have been able to prepare for the GED test in other ways, indicating that ITV does reach in part a new audience which would not access conventional instructional programs. (3) Major motivational factors included convenience of the weekend broadcast, preference for TV instruction, confinement to the home, and a perceived compactness of the course. (SH) |
| title | An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Instructional Television for GED Preparation. |
| topic | Academic Achievement Educational Media Educational Television High School Equivalency Programs Instructional Programs Open Education Participant Characteristics Participant Satisfaction Program Effectiveness Program Evaluation Racial Differences Student Attitudes |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED139990 |