RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITE IN INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS

Abstract

Six hundred and ninety-nine students were given training by films; half saw color films and half saw identical films in black and white. Tests were given to discover differences in the learning of the two groups. Ratings on a like-dislike scale were made by the students to discover their preferences for color or black and white films. Results showed that (1) both films produced learning; (2) there was no greater learning from the color films; (3) information presented in the color films was remembered longer; (4) color films were liked better than black and white films; and (5) subject content had a greater effect on the liking for a film than the effect of black and white or color. It was recommended that training films should be produced in black and white because the increased cost of color film is not offset by increased learning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1952
Accession Number
AD0640873

Entities

People

  • A. W. Vandermeer

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • California
  • Color Film
  • Data Science
  • Identification
  • Intelligence Tests
  • Learning
  • Motion Pictures
  • Pennsylvania
  • Production
  • Ratings
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Training
  • Training Films
  • United States

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.