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Structure and Strategies in Children's Educational Television: The Roles of Program Type and Learning Strategies in Children's Learning
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Linebarger, Deborah L.; Piotrowski, Jessica Taylor – Child Development, 2010
Educational TV has been consistently linked to children's learning. In this research, educational TV characteristics were identified, coded, and tested for their influence on children's program-specific comprehension and vocabulary outcomes. Study 1 details a content analysis of TV features including a program's macrostructure (i.e., narrative or…
Descriptors: Age, Learning Strategies, Educational Television, Content Analysis
The Relations of Early Television Viewing to School Readiness and Vocabulary of Children from Low-Income Families: The Early Window Project.
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Wright, John C.; Auston, Aletha C.; Murphy, Kimberlee C.; St. Peters, Michelle; Pinon, Ronda Scantlin; Kotler, Jennifer – Child Development, 2001
Collected time-use diaries of television viewing from two cohorts of children (ages 2-5 and 4-7) from low-income families and gave annual tests of reading, math, receptive vocabulary, and school readiness. Found that viewing of child-audience informative programs between ages 2 and 3 predicted higher academic performance. Frequent viewers of…
Descriptors: Children, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups, Performance Factors