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ERIC Number: EJ313076
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Instruction and Modality Effects on Children's Television Attention and Comprehension.
Field, Diane E.; Anderson, Daniel R.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v77 n1 p91-100 Feb 1985
Five- and nine-year olds' (N=80) television viewing and program recall in response to learning instructions were examined. Instructions affected visual-emphasis program segments only; visual orientation and cued recall increased in younger children; and free recall and cued recall were enhanced in older children. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Age Differences, Attention, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Learning Modalities, Learning Strategies, Multisensory Learning, Recall (Psychology), Sex Differences, Videotape Recordings
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Research supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the John and Mary Markle Foundation, and a Research Scientist Development Award to Anderson. A report of this work was presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (Detroit, MI, April 1983).