Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

Division

School of Education Counseling and Psychology in Education

Keywords

video; e-books; scaffolding; contingency; learning

Disciplines

Cognitive Psychology | Developmental Psychology | Educational Psychology

Abstract

To promote young children’s learning from screen-based digital books, parents, educators, researchers, and designers might productively consult research about very young children’s learning from another screen-based medium: video. This extensive literature reveals challenges to young children’s learning from digital screens that extend from infancy throughout the preschool years. The youngest viewers learn better watching real events “face to face” than they do watching video, and have trouble transferring information from a screen to the real world. Supports for learning include particular experiences, active mediation by social partners, and select built-in features. Each support is reviewed in regard to its potential relevance to digital books.

Publication Title

International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction,

Volume

12

Issue

E-reading with Children

First Page

3

Last Page

7

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2016.12.002

Comments

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212868916300514?via%3Dihub

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