Lessons from children's television: The impact of the Children's Television Act on children's learning

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-335

  Calvert, Sandra L ^a   Kotler, Jennifer A ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's Television Act; Educational television; Learning; Social policy

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPETITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LAW; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEVISION; WELLBEING;

EID: 0041352965     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-3973(03)00060-1     Document Type: Article

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