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Calvert, Sandra L.; And Others – 1984
Preplays (critical material presented before a televised program) were inserted before three sections of a televised story to determine if they would improve children's attention and comprehension by providing overall plot structure for selecting and integrating important story events. The preplays varied on two orthogonal dimensions: presence or…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Age Differences, Attention, Comprehension