Effects of Repeated Exposures to a Single Episode of the Television Program Blue's Clues on the Viewing Behaviors and Comprehension of Preschool Children

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 630-637

  Crawley, Alisha M ^a   Anderson, Daniel R ^a   Wilder, Alice ^b   Williams, Marsha ^b   Santomero, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts ^*

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EID: 0033267359     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.91.4.630     Document Type: Review

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