RESEARCH ON LEARNING FROM TELEVISION

Abstract

This chapter summarizes a body of literature about instructional technology that is unique not only in its depth but also in its breadth and importance. A recent search of articles about television yielded 20,747 citations in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database while a similar search in the PsycINFO database produced 6,662 citations. It is fitting, therefore, that there be a chapter in this handbook which reviews how instructional technology has used research on television as well as how the field has contributed to this body of research.