Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1925)

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70 Transactions of S.M.P.E., March 1926 Value A. Do films promote more efficiency in teaching by helping to (a) Impart information to the student effectively? (b) Arouse the students' attention? (c) Hold the students' interest? (d) Encourage the students' observation and active effort? (e) Stimulate his memory retention? (f) Assure a minimum and uniform standard for imparting information? (g) Aid to overcome inefficiency of inferior teachers? (h) Stimulate and encourage slow students and reduce the number of repeaters? 12 (i) Stimulate and encourage students with a low intelligence quotient? 12 B. Do motion pictures save time by helping to (a) Impart, in a limited time, a greater amount of information effectively than oral or printed instruction? (b) In what other ways C. Do motion pictures save cost by (a) Reaching many students simultaneously? (b' Reducing "student mortility" or repeaters? (c) Reducing truancy? (d) Other means 16 4 19 1 17 2 16 1 3 14 3 3 11 4 4 9 7 2 17 1 3 4 14 3 9 3 5 12 1 4