The Medium Can Obscure the Message: Young Children's Understanding of Video

Child Development

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 950-965

  Troseth, Georgene L ^a   DeLoache, Judy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; TELEVISION; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REALITY TESTING; TELEVISION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032140655     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06153.x     Document Type: Article

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