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    "ocrText": "013\n8\nCONCLUSION\nThese analyses support the Early Learning Model. The findings are consistent with the\nhypothesis that curriculum-based television viewed by preschoolers has a long term positive\nimpact on academic achievement. High school grades and academic motivation were\nmeasurably higher in those participants who viewed relatively more child informative\nprogramming, particularly Sesame Street, as preschoolers,\nThe positive relations of early viewing to achievement and motivation were especially\nstrong for boys. The fact that boys are more often alienated from school and have more frequent\nacademic problems than girls suggests that early experience which keeps them involved,\nmotivated, and eager to learn is especially valuable.\nWhile alternative explanations for these long term relationships may exist, they are not\nattributable to higher ability among children who were frequent users of educational television,\nnor to better education among parents of frequent viewers. Both variables were controlled in the\nanalyses, and neither could account for the observed relations.\nThe findings contradict the assertions that educational television in general and Sesame\nStreet in particular impede academic performance either through interference with language\ndevelopment or by reducing children's attention spans.\nPOLICY IMPLICATIONS\nHigh-quality, curriculum-based educational television can make a significant contribution\nto children's early school readiness and to their long-term school performance and motivation.\nTelevision has the advantage of reaching many children long before they reach formal schooling\nat a very low-cost, relative to other forms of early education. Sesame Street, for example, costs\nabout $6 per regular viewer per year. Educational television should not be considered an\nalternative to other forms of early education, but a part of the educational offerings to young"
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