This report summarizes the script development, pre-production, production, and post- production stages of making the short film Cagers. The short was produced as my graduate thesis film in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin in partial fulfillment of my Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Production. / text

Many claims have been made in recent years of the success of programmed instruction in increasing the rate of learning, or in decreasing the amount of time necessary for the mastery of facts, or in securing the retention of the knowledge of a given set of facts for a longer period of time. Sorne of the results claimed have depended upon the use of teaching machines, or other deviees; sorne have depended upon the use of programmed texts. In the early stages of the development of such teaching machines, and programmed texts, the programs constructed were produced by the psychologists who were responsible for the development of the machines or the texts. Gradually it was accepted that the best programs were those constructed by individuals who were expert in the subject matter which the machines or programs purported to teach. [...]

Although social facilitation has been extensively studied over the last 50 years in various domains, it has largely been understudied in the context of team sports. A total of 8950 National Basketball Association (NBA) games were investigated to assess how a team’s skill level and experience interact with audience size to predict performance. More specifically, audience size was measured in two ways: as the number of people in attendance at each game and whether the game was locally televised (fewer television viewers) or nationally televised (more television viewers). Contrary to expectations, underdog teams performed significantly better with larger audiences, an effect not found for their favoured counterparts. Also contrary to expectations, teams less experienced than their opponents performed significantly better in nationally televised games than in locally televised games. This effect was not found for more experienced teams. Additionally, no teams experienced a decrease in performance. These results add important findings to the information regarding sports and social facilitation and provide insight into team selection for high stakes games. They also enhance the sporting literature base which is considerably lacking in its assessment of social facilitation effects.

Universiẗat, Diss.--Heidelberg, 2005.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [102]-112). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [102]-112). Also available on the Internet.

Issued also as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University. / Bibliography: p. 107-109.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--Springfield College, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available online (PDF file) by a subscription to the set or by purchasing the individual file.

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Gershon Tennenbaum, Florida State University, College of Education, Dept. of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 26, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains x, 55 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Issued also as thesis (Ph. D.) Columbia university. / Bibliography: p. 107-109.