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Adler, R., (1985)
Using Closed-Captioned Television in the Classroom. New Directions in Reading, Research & Practice, Yearbook of the State of Maryland International Reading Association 11-18.

Bean, R. M.,(1989)
Using Closed Captioned Television to Teach Reading to Adults, Reading Research Quarterly 28 (4), 27-37.

Boyd, J. &  Vader, E.A. (1972)
Captioned Television for the Deaf.  American Annals of the Deaf 117, 34-37.

Garza, T., (1991)
Evaluating the Use of Captioned Video Materials in Advanced Foreign Language Learning, Foreign Language Annals 24, 239-258.

Gladdhart, M., Lebbin, C.,& Layton, K.  (1987)
Using Closed Captioned Television as an Instructional Medium for Teaching Normal Hearing children sight Words.  Unpublished manuscript.

Goldman, M. & Goldman, S. (1988)
Reading with Closed Captioned TV, Journal of Psychology 31, 458.

Haugh, J.A., Wilson, R.M., & Koskinen, P.S.  (December 1998)
Captioned Television and Vocabulary Development:  Effects of Home Viewing on Second-Language Learners.  Paper presented at the meeting of the National Research Conference, Austin, TX.

Koolstra, C.M., Beentjes, J.W. (1999)
Children’s Vocabulary Acquisition in a Foreign Language Through Watching Subtitled Television Programs at Home, Educational Technology Research & Development 47 (1), 51-60.

Koskinen, P.S., Bowen, C.T., Gambrell, L.B., Jensema, C.J.& Kane, K.W. (March 1997)
Captioned Television and Literacy Development:  Effects of Home Viewing on Learning Disabled Students.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Koskinen, P.S., Wilson, R.M., Gambrell, L.B. & Jensema, C.J., (1986)
Using Closed Captioned Television to Enhance Reading Skills of Learning Disabled Students, in Solving Problems in Literacy:  Learners, Teachers & Researchers 61-65, Rochester NY, National Reading Conference.

Koskinen, P.S., Wilson, R.M., Gambrell, L.B. & Jensema, C.J., (1987)
Using the Technology of Closed-Captioned Television to Teach Reading to Handicapped Students, Performance Report, United States Department of Education, Grant No. G-00-84-300067, Falls Church, Vam National Captioning Institute.

Koskinen, P.S., Wilson, R.M., Gambrell, L.B. & Jensema, C.J., (1991)
Captioned Video Technology and Television-Based Reading Instruction in Literacy: Issues & Practice 39-47, Yearbook of the State of Maryland International Reading Association, Bethesda MD

Koskinen, P.S., Wilson, R.M. & Jensema, C.J., (1985)
Closed-Captioned Television:  A New Tool for Reading Instruction, Reading World 24, 1-7.

Linebarger, Deborah L. & Wainwright, D. K., (2006)
Television Can Teach: Elements of Effective Educational Television, Literature Review Part 1, Children’s Media Center, PBS.

Linebarger, Deborah L., (2006)
Teaching Language and Literacy on Television, Literature Review Part 2, Children’s Media Center, PBS.

Linebarger, Deborah L., Piotrowski, J.T. & Vaala, S., (2007)
Supplementing Television:  What Enhances or Detracts From the Power of Television to Teach, Literature Review Part 3, Children’s Media Center, PBS/

Linebarger, Deborah L., (2006)
The Between the Lions American Indian Literacy Initiative Research Component:  A Report Prepared for the United States Department of Education, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Linebarger, Deborah L., (2006)
Attention to Onscreen Print:  an Exploratory Eye-Tracking Study.  Manuscript in preparation.

Linebarger, Deborah L.& Greenwood, C.R., (2006)
Using Captioned Television and Coviewing Strategies to Improve Literacy. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Linebarger, Deborah L., (2006)
Using Captioned Television & Coviewing Strategies to Improve Literacy, Manuscript submitted for publication.

Linebarger, Deborah L.& Greenwood, C.R., (2006)
Using Captioned Television and Coviewing Strategies to Improve Literacy.  Manuscript submitted for publication.

Linebarger, Deborah L., (2001)
Learning to Read from Television: the Effects of Using Captions & Narration, Journal of Educational Psychology 93(2), 288-298.

Markham, P.I. (1989)
The Effects of Captioned Television Videotapes on the Listening Comprehension of Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced ESL Students, Education Technology 29, 38-41.

McCall, Greg (2011)
Impact of dynamic karaoke style subtitling on literacy at http://editlib.org/p/32055 also http://sls4reading.com/Paper.aspx
India: see www.planetread.org with its excellent video of former President Bill Clinton endorsing Same Language Subtitles.
 

Neuman, S. (1995)
Literacy in The Television Age: The Myth of the TV Effect (2nd Ed.) Ablex Publishing Corporation, Norwood, NJ.

Neuman, S. & Koskinen, P., (1992)
Captioned Television as Comprehensible Input:  Effects of Incidental Word Learning from Context for Language Minority Students, Reading Research Quarterly 27, 95-106.

Parks, C., (1994)
Closed Captioned TV:  A Resource for ESL Literacy Education, ERIC Digest, Washington, DC:  National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education, (EDRS No. EDO-LE-94-02).

Price, K, (1984)
Closed-Captioned TV:  An Untapped Resource, MATSOL Newsletter, 12, 4-5.

Rickelman, Robert J., Henk, William A. & Layton, Kent, (April 1996)
Closed-Captioned Television:  A Viable Technology for the Reading Teacher, Reading Teacher 598-99.

Spath, S. B., (1990)
A Study of Closed-Captioned Television & Word Recognition for Third & Fourth Grade Below Average Readers, Dissertation Abstracts International 50, 19-29.

Trelease, Jim,  (2006)
“What About That Mechanical Reading Tutor You Mentioned Earlier,” The Read-Aloud Handbook 169-171, 6th ed, Penguin Books.

Vanderplank, R.,  (1991)
A Very Quiet Revolution: Teletext Subtitles & Language Learning, TESOL Video News 2 (2) 9-10.

Wright, J.C., Huston, A.C., Murphy, K.C., St. Peters, M., Pinon, M., Scantlin, R. & Kotler, J.,  (2001)
The Relations of Early Television Viewing to School Readiness & Vocabulary of Children From Low-Income Families: The Early Window Project. Child Development 72, 1347-1366.


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