On-screen print: The role of captions as a supplemental literacy tool

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-167

  Linebarger, Deborah ^a   Piotrowski, Jessica Taylor ^a   Greenwood, Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 77951942769     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2009.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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