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Booth, Amy E.; Alvarez, Aubry – Language Learning and Development, 2015
This work explores whether the facilitative effect of causal information on preschoolers' word and descriptive fact learning persists in school-age children. Twenty-three 5-year-olds just beginning school and 23 6- to 7-year-olds who had accumulated over a year of schooling were taught novel words along with descriptions of causally rich,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Grace, Donna J.; Henward, Allison S. – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2013
This study was an investigation into the ways in which two classes of six- and seven-year-old children in Hawaii talked about the media. The children were shown video clips from a variety of media and asked to respond both orally and in writing. The qualitative data gathered in this study were researcher notes, video and audio-taped focus group…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Mass Media Effects, Media Literacy, Video Technology