A Summary of the Major Findings in "The First Year of Sesame Street: An Evaluation".

Autor/inn/en	Ball, Samuel; Bogatz, Gerry Ann
Institution	Children's Television Workshop, New York, NY.; Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
Titel	A Summary of the Major Findings in "The First Year of Sesame Street: An Evaluation".
Quelle	(1970), (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Audiences; Basic Skills; Broadcast Industry; Disadvantaged Youth; Early Childhood Education; Educational Television; Language Skills; Media Research; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Preschool Learning; Program Evaluation; Programing (Broadcast); Public Television; Rural Youth; Tables (Data); Television Research; Television Viewing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spectator; Zuschauer; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Bildungsfernsehen; Schulfernsehen; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Medienforschung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Öffentliches Fernsehen; Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Tabelle; Fernsehkonsum
Abstract	The Educational Testing Service evaluated the Sesame Street educational television series to determine the extent to which it accomplished its stated objectives during its first year. Research results showed that Sesame Street benefited children from low-income inner-city areas and isolated rural areas as well as children from middle-class suburbs. Children who watched most frequently learned the most and this held true across age, sex, geographical location, socioeconomic status, mental age, and viewing location. It was also found that the skills given the most time and attention on the program were the skills learned best. Three-year old children gained the most from watching the program, and disadvantaged children who watched a great deal surpassed middle-class children who watched only a little. Sesame Street was less successful in promoting some of its goals due to an initial underestimate or overestimate of children's prior knowledge. (CH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC