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Teaching children to read: An argument for television

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  1. Barbara R. Fowles
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Barbara R. Fowles is an assistant professor of psychology at Fordham University and a director of research at the Children's Television Workshop, which produces The Electric Company.

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Fowles, B.R. Teaching children to read: An argument for television. Urban Rev 9, 114–120 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02173514

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