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von Gillern, Sam; Stufft, Carolyn – Literacy, 2023
This study examines how 31 middle-school children conducted multimodal analyses of video games. Over four consecutive days, students played video games for 30 minutes and then wrote written reflections about the multimodal symbols within the game and how these symbols influenced their interpretation and decision-making processes during gameplay.…
Descriptors: Children, Middle School Students, Metacognition, Play
Downing, John – Res Teach Engl, 1970
Reports research which reveals the difficulty children have in understanding (1) the real purpose of written language and (2) the abstract, technical vocabulary of language study and reading. (SW)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation