Television teaching by professional performers?

Conclusions When comparing the high level of performance by the deviant academic-taught section with the lack of smooth delivery on the part of the class’ instructor, it is apparent that in this study the two do not appear to be related. “Verbal tics,” for example, did not appear to impede the achievement level of this section. Also, when considering the results among the five other sections studied, it is apparent that 1) experienced communicators performed about as well as experienced teachers; and 2) in this classroom experiment, experienced teachers performed as well as or better than experienced communicators.