Education and Television: The Persistent Challenge.

Comstock, George

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Publication Date: 1982

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Education and Television: The Persistent Challenge.

Comstock, George

Television & Children, v5 n3 p9-13 Sum 1982

Summarizes research from the California Assessment Program (1980) and the Foundation for Child Development (1976) concerning the relationship between student academic achievement and television viewing habits. Television in children's lives today and academic achievement--reading, mathematics, written expression--are discussed. Four references are provided. (EJS)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Socioeconomic Status, Surveys, Television, Television Viewing

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