Educational television as mediated literacy environments for preschoolers

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-242

  Jennings, Nancy A ^a   Hooker, Steven D ^a   Linebarger, Deborah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational television; Emergent literacy; Literacy development; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349462872     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439880903141513     Document Type: Article

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