The purpose of this study was to examine the effects that presentation of ideas by video picture and by sound track in a documentary had on the learning and retention of those ideas by elderly people. An existing documentary on the Xinguana, an Aborigines tribe in South America, was used in the study. A procedure whereby ideas presented in the video were recorded and then written as a script was developed for use in the study. Individual ideas in the script of the audio and the script of the video were identified through a propositional analysis. The two resulting propositional analyses were then compared to identify ideas which were presented either iconically, linguistically, or in combination. / The six resulting domains of presentation (2 levels x 3 sources) were then sampled to obtain the ideas which would be tested on a cued-recall test. A volunteer group of senior citizens at a Senior Citizen Center were shown the documentary and then asked to answer the questions on the cued-recall test and a demographic questionnaire. / Retention for each source and level domain ranged from a low of 41% to a high of 65%. Overall retention was 49%. A significant interaction was found between the source of presentation and the level of the idea being presented. Retention of main ideas presented in the video and audio modes in combination was substantially higher than those presented only iconically or only linguistically. Only small differences were found in retention of subordinate ideas from the various sources. / Significant positive correlations were found between grade level completed and five of the six domains. Also significant negative correlations were found between age and three of the six domains. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-03, Section: A, page: 0780. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75791 |
| Contributors | SINK, KATHERINE ELIZABETH., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 132 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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