In order to justify teaching college-level personal health courses by methods other than the traditional lecture format, assessment of attitude change to ten selected health behaviors was undertaken. Methods compared included lecture, television taught classes, and self-instruction using mostly television. Following ten weeks of instruction it was found that the self-instructed method produced the most favorable change in attitudes toward behaviors generally considered conducive to good health.
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