Learning to read from television: The effects of using captions and narration

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 288-298

  Linebarger, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 85047685782     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.93.2.288     Document Type: Article

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