Learning vocabulary from television: Does onscreen print have a role?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 609-621

  Linebarger, Deborah L ^a   Moses, Annie ^b   Liebeskind, Kara Garrity ^c   McMenamin, Katie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Onscreen print; Socioeconomic status; Television; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881628633     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032582     Document Type: Article

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