A Review of Research on the Educational and Social Impact of Sesame Street

“G” is for Growing: Thirty Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 83-95

  Mielke, Keith W ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410605252-14     Document Type: Chapter

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