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| | At ETS, Ball conducted what are today considered classic evaluations of the impact on learning of children's educational television, studying the effects of first, [[Jim Henson|Jim Henson's]] ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and then ''[[The Electric Company]]'' for [[Children's Television Workshop]]. In 1978, he left ETS to assume a professorship at the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. While at Sydney, from 1979 to 1984, Ball was editor of the American Psychological Association's Journal of Educational Psychology, the preeminent scholarly publication in the field of learning sciences. | | At ETS, Ball conducted what are today considered classic evaluations of the impact on learning of children's educational television, studying the effects of first, [[Jim Henson|Jim Henson's]] ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and then ''[[The Electric Company]]'' for [[Children's Television Workshop]]. In 1978, he left ETS to assume a professorship at the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. While at Sydney, from 1979 to 1984, Ball was editor of the American Psychological Association's Journal of Educational Psychology, the preeminent scholarly publication in the field of learning sciences. |
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| | *Senior Research Psychologist, [[Educational Testing Service]] c. 1968–78 | | *Senior Research Psychologist, [[Educational Testing Service]] c. 1968–78 |
| | *Professor of Education, [[University of Sydney]] 1978–93 | | *Professor of Education, [[University of Sydney]] 1978–93 |
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| | *''Sesame Street summative research: some implications for education and child development''. By Samuel Ball. ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 1972. [[ASIN]] B0006W2LS6. | | *''Sesame Street summative research: some implications for education and child development''. By Samuel Ball. ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 1972. [[ASIN]] B0006W2LS6. |
| | *''Research on Sesame Street: Some implications for compensatory education''. By Samuel Ball. Educational Resources Information Center, 1972. [[ASIN]] B0006W0VDS. | | *''Research on Sesame Street: Some implications for compensatory education''. By Samuel Ball. Educational Resources Information Center, 1972. [[ASIN]] B0006W0VDS. |
| − | *''Encyclopedia of Educational Evaluation: Concepts and Techniques for Evaluating Education and Training Programs''. By Scarvia B. Anderson, Samuel Ball, Richard T. Murphy. Review author[s]: Daniel L. Stufflebeam. The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 47, No. 6 (Nov.–Dec., 1976), pp. 741–745. [[Digital object identifier|DOI]] 10.2307/1979133. | + | *''Encyclopedia of Educational Evaluation: Concepts and Techniques for Evaluating Education and Training Programs''. By Scarvia B. Anderson, Samuel Ball, Richard T. Murphy. Review author[s]: Daniel L. Stufflebeam. The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 47, No. 6 (Nov.–Dec., 1976), pp. 741–745. [[Digital object identifier|DOI]] 10.2307/1979133. |
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