The Relation Between Selective Attention to Television Forms and Children's Comprehension of Content.

Calvert, Sandra L.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1982-Jun

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The Relation Between Selective Attention to Television Forms and Children's Comprehension of Content.

Calvert, Sandra L.; And Others

Child Development, v53 n3 p601-10 Jun 1982

Investigates the relationship between the moment-to-moment occurrence of selected visual and auditory formal features of a prosocial cartoon and two aspects of information processing (visual attention and comprehension). Subjects, 128 White kindergarten and third- to fourth-grade children, were equally distributed by sex and age and viewed the television program in same-sex pairs. (Author/RH)

Descriptors: Attention, Children, Comprehension, Recall (Psychology), Television Research, Television Viewing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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