The following dissertation " Summative Evaluation of Educational Television Material " consists of the following sections: Section I: Chapter 1: Introduction to the problem/task. A brief introduction to the problems of evaluation and research into educational television, with particular reference to the situation in South Africa. A background to the actual evaluation performed is included. Chapter 2: A detailed account of the planning, design, and implementation of a summative evaluation of ETV material. This section is based largely on extracts and recommendations from the available literature, as well as including recommendations and observations by the author. Section II: Chapter 3: A summary of the summative evaluation of Episode 1 and Episode 4 of the SABC ETV series "Statistics". The two episodes are compared under various criteria, particularly the degree to which the goals of the series were attained. This chapter may be taken as an example of a typical summative evaluation. Section III: Chapter 4: A detailed summative evaluation of Episode 1. Chapter 5: A detailed summative evaluation of Episode 4. j Chapter 6: A comparison, summary and recommendations arising out of the evaluations above. Appendix 1: The test instruments used in the evaluation. Appendix 2: A comprehensive abstracts. (A result ERIC databank). Not in the dissertation. list of references and of a literature search on the all the references were used Bibliography: A list of source material used by the author in the dissertation.