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ERIC Number: EJ066416
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1972
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Who Wants to Live on Sesame Street?
Sprigle, Herbert A.
Childhood Education, 49, 3, 159-65, Dec 72
Author describes several studies which show that Sesame Street does not prepare poverty children for first grade and does not narrow the achievement gap that now exists between the poor and the middle-class child. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Television, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Reading Readiness, Tables (Data), Television Research
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Identifiers: Sesame Street