STUDENTS RATING OF SPEAK OUT TELEVISION PROGRAM

This study is an evaluation of Speak Out television programme in Lagos State. A total of 300 junior secondary school students of Lagos State participated in the study: 150 class I and 150 class II students rand omly selected from the six secondary schools in the two environment se ttings (200 urban and 100 rural). Two groups of subjects featured-Expe rimental: representing students taught using the instructional televis ion programme approach, and Control: representing those taught the sam e subject matter of the instructional television programme using the g roup activity (socio-drama) without the stimulus of the television pro gramme. The research tested three hypotheses, The findings revealed th at there were significant differences found in the performance of the Experimental groups that were taught with the instructional television programme approach. In addition, there was a significant difference f ound between location and instructional method. The classes' performan ces were not significant. The article discusses the findings and makes some recommendations.