A Television Experiment in College Economics.

The article focuses on a television teaching experiment in a microeconomics principles course. It is a progress report on a television teaching experiment in the microeconomic principles course at the University of Georgia. A major objective of the experiment is to develop a course which will stimulate students to master basic economic concepts and apply them in analyzing real-world problems. The course may also reduce costs per student, but this was not a formal objective. The purpose of this paper is to share the experiences of various economists in developing and evaluating a television course designed to increase student achievement and interest. Principles of economics at the University of Georgia are taught in a three-course sequence, one each quarter for the school year. Classes meet three times each week or about 30 hours each quarter. The television experiment began with the micro course. Twenty-four half-hour programs were videotaped and a textbook, which contains the visual aids used on television, was written. The immediate objective of this study is to compare the performance of students using television with that of students in the lecture section and the national norm.