A Study of Age, Exposure and Presentation Mode as Determinants of Children's Comprehension and Retention of Teleschool
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1989
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ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD
Abstract
'Teleschool' is a part of the National
Educational Television, which is used as supports for
teachers in primary education sinr·t.! 1983. The Department
of Education, through CIET and SIET has the total
responsibility of planning and production of educational
television programmes (ETV) in the regional language for
school children in the age group S-8 and 9-11 years.
Programmes on 'Teleschool' are presently relayed through
INSAT-IB for a duration of 45 minutes from 9 to .9.45 a.m
for six days a week. ·
The present study aimed at exploring the effect
of age, previous exposure to teleschool programme~ and
presentation mode of the programmes on children's
comerehension and retention of science lessons present~d
on teles(.:hool'.
The sample comprised of 120 children selected
from two villages of Maheshwaram Mandal of Ranga Reddy
District. The children were divided into two age groups
(~-10 and 10-11 years).
The children were
programmes with different modes
shown three science
of presentation. These
were 'Gali' (demonstration
Janthuvulu' (documentary f nrmat}
(puppetry-story format}.
method}, 'Shakhara
and 'Nannuthinandi'
The children were tested immediately after the
telecast for free 1ccall and comprehension which was
measured by cued recall judged by their responses to a
questionnaire. Long term retention was tested by
administering the same questionnaire after a period of
two weeks.
The results revealed that the educational
television programmes had made an impact on the
children. Children from both age groups were able to
spontaneously recall on an average 42.8% of tne
information presented. Their scores on the cued recall
averaged 78%, with a 6% drop in information after a
per.ud of 2 ~~~ks.
The older children performed significantly
higher than the younger age group in free recall and
cued recall. The group already exposed to teleschool
programmes were significantly better in free recall and
retention than the group with no previous expobure to
teleschool. The programme 'Nannuthinandi' which
employed a puppetry-story format was the most popular
(73.85%}. Information presented through this format was
found to be the best for cued recall. The programme
'Gali' with a demonstration method though the least
popular facilitated high free recall and had the highest
retention. Information presented through a documentary
format registered the highest loss in information
within a period of two weeks.
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Study, Age, Exposure, Presentation, Determinants, Children's ,Comprehension, Teleschool