Effects of viewing the television program between the Lions on the emergent literacy skills of young children

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-308

  Linebarger, Deborah L ^a,c   Kosanic, Anjelika Z ^b   Greenwood, Charles R ^b   Doku, Nil Sai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 2942588464     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.96.2.297     Document Type: Article

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