International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1932)

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/. /. E. C. Inquiries STUDENTS AND THE DIDACTIC FILM (continued). Replies to the third Question. The third question set out in the scholastic questionnaire was as follows : " Do you think teaching by moving pictures more efficacious than still photographs ? " There were 12,755 answers to this question, whereof 8801 came from boys and 3954 from girls. The numerical results can be summed up in the following figures : 10,980 answers were to the effect that the cinema was more efficacious than still photographs for teaching purposes. There were 1739 replies in favour of still projections and against the cinema, while 36 answers were equally favourable to either method. The percentages were as follows : 86,13 % in favour of the cinema ; 13,59 » in favour of the still photographs ; 0,28 » for either method. Classification by sex shows the following result : Favourable to : The Cinema Still Photographs Both Boys 87.23% 12.33% 0.41% Girls 83.46 » 16.54 » — Age : 10-12 years 86.51% 13.05% 0.44% 13-16 years 82.84 » 17.16 » — 17 upwards 89.04» 10.96 » — Centres : Large 88.69% 10.97% 0.34% Small 72.93 » 27.07 » Occupations : Workmen 86.58% 13.15% 0.27% Agriculturists 91.65 » 8.35 >' — Pvte Means 82.73 » 16.88 » 0.39 « Employees 82.92 » 16.50 » 0.58 » Professional 84.65 » 15.35 » — Shop-keepers 84.69 » 14.90 » 0.41 »