Broadcast TV as an Aid to Continuing Education. Terminal Progress Report.

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  • Additional Information
    • Peer Reviewed:
      N
    • Source:
      42
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      National Heart and Lung Inst. (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD.
    • Accession Number:
      PHS Grant-HE-09564
    • Subject Terms:
      Achievement; Adult Learning; Attendance; Educational Television; Films; Physicians; Professional Continuing Education; Programed Instruction; Reinforcement; Retention (Psychology); Scheduling; Statistical Data; Time Factors (Learning)
    • Abstract:
      The effect of massed versus distributed television presentations on attendance and learning in a voluntary situation were compared in a field experiment involving 114 physicians in general practice. The factorial design was based on four experimental groups, each located in a different community. Physicians viewed videotape presentations in a local hospital over a period of four weeks, with three one hour sessions (distributed viewing) and a single three hour session (massed viewing). On the fifth week they completed a learning achievement test over televised instruction. The results indicated that attendance was significantly greater under massed than under distributed viewing, especially when the sessions took place in the evening rather than the morning. The presentations produced gains in learning achievement, and there was no statistically significant difference in learning achievement between massed and distributed viewing. (author/nl)
    • Journal Code:
      RIEAUG1969
    • Publication Date:
      1969
    • Accession Number:
      ED027447