To determine the effects of cartoon-embellished programed text materials on student skill performance and student attitudes towards instruction and subject material, a random sample of 85 students in a course on audiovisual materials were selected as research subjects. Research procedures included: (1) pretest for skills and attitudes; (2) random division into two groups; (3) treatment--one group exposed to an ordinary programed text on tape recorder operation and the other group exposed to a cartoon-embellished text; and (4) posttest on skills and attitudes. No significant differences were observed in any of the criterion measures. (EMH)