A SIGNAL DETECTION APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF TELEVISION PRODUCTION EFFECTS

An experiment was devised to investigate the effects that a variable camera‐angle may have upon the audience ‘rating’ of a television performer. An attempt was then made to quantify these effects in terms of probability of occurrence using Signal Detection Theory. Although the results were not conclusive, the application of this statistical theory in such circumstances seems both successful and useful, and suggests new possibilities for research in this field.     

THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION

Following a five‐year experimental program, the authors report a consistent tendency for live lectures to yield significantly higher attainment than videotapes of live lectures, and for the latter to be more effective in turn than studio‐produced videotapes; the results, by their very nature, preclude the probable responsibility of production techniques. They are replicated with different types of subject matter, and, with certain material, persist over time. Student attitudes towards yidiotapes, whether favourable or not, tend to intensify during a series of tapes     

TEACHING WITH TELEVISION: AN AMERICAN SYSTEM

The origins and growth of the use of CCTV at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are described, together with the present range of activities. VCR material forms an important component in many courses: the special facilities created to allow easy preparation of this material, either as a straightforward lecture or in a classroom situation with feedback, are dealt with     

AN APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION OF TEACHING COMPANY PROGRAMMES

In this paper we consider the problems associated with the evaluation of Teaching Company Programmes. These programmes involve Universities and Colleges, together with manufacturing companies, in efforts to improve manufacturing methods and to develop graduates for careers in manufacturing industry. We introduce a framework for the evaluation of these programmes and apply it to one in which the authors have been involved. The paper reports a number of results from the Teaching Company Programme involving Molins Ltd., Brunel University and Henley, the Management College.     

作物模式化栽培理论与实践的探讨

本文总结和分析了作物模式化栽培技术研究方法的特点及其局限性,以及在推广应用过程中,由于环境因素的制约所存在的问题,提出了在目前的研究水平上的解决途径。     

影响学生练习情绪诸因素的探讨

在一堂体育课中,学生做练习时,往往受情绪的影响。本文通过作者采用的是非简答法和自然观察法、总结出了影响学生体育练习情绪的诸因素,并对这些因素进行了分析、探讨。体育教师在教学中如何引导学生克服或保持不同的情绪,本文也充分发表了自己的见解。     

MEASURING INSTRUCTIONAL VALIDITY: A REPORT OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL VALIDITY STUDY FOR THE ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION EXAMINATION

Prior to the initial administration of the Alabama High School Graduation Exam, this study was conducted to determine to what extent competencies to be measured by the exam were being taught in the public schools of Alabama.
Teachers of grades 7, 8, 9, and 10 were asked to report the proportion of students in their classes who had received instruction on each competency. The survey identifies a number of competencies that were not being extensively taught and provides insight as to possible reasons certain competencies are not uniformly taught.     

THE APPROACH OF THE CHURCH TO THE HOME

A rethinking of Catholic educational policies is needed if the Church is to serve a pluralistic nation     

DETERMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IDEAL PROFESSOR: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH

In a recently conducted study it was found that an effective college teacher could be characterized chiefly in terms of "research,""teaching," and "service to the university." The present experiment corroborated these findings using a relatively unknown approach to data collection, analysis, and interpretation. A free-response method of data collection, in conjunction with nonmetric multidimensional scaling, produced results highly similar to those of the previous study. In addition, the solution permitted a straight-forward means of assessing the performance of individual faculty members.     

CUES AND ATTENTION TO THE VISUAL DISPLAY IN CHILDREN'S TELEVISION

In the last decade television has become increasingly important as a medium through which a great variety of material is transmitted to a very large number of people. When it is considered that television can match the action to the word, and can create an almost endless variety of animated, electronic, humanized or fantasized presentations of print and pictorial stimuli, the special role of eye movement research in the medium may be seen. Since 1970 the continuing development of eye movement technology had led to wide‐ranging use of systems designed to examine children's performance of tasks in which there is a major component, dependent on visual scanning; that is, of examining a stimulus, either static or dynamic, and extracting information from it through the use of the eyes.

The findings of this research imply that the actual performance of a skill, and the continued learning of it are closely related to production variables in the programme itself. In other words the creator of the particular television presentation is in a position to directly and quite precisely modify the looking behaviour of the viewer by variously adapting specific elements and techniques of production. Furthermore, the correlates of these adaptations appear to be related to cognitive learning and attentional characteristics within the viewer. Such evidence presents a promise, a problem, and a responsibility to the researcher, the educator and the producer     

让艺术走向大众

沈阳音乐学院南校区教学及生活设施完备,设有校园电视台;主持人演播室和非线性视频编采室;全套数字化录音设备的数码录音棚;标准的体育馆、足球场、篮球场和融汇多种功能的教室、观摩厅以及总面积近7万平方米的五座教学楼,可容纳1200人的音乐剧场现已成为浑南新区的文化艺术活动中心。专业交叉、有机互动、良性循环,正在成为南校区的办学特色。