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Parents' Perceptions of Their Children's Social Behavior: The Social Validity of Social Stories[TM] and Comic Strip Conversations
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Hutchins, Tiffany L.; Prelock, Patricia A. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2013
This article describes a family-centered collaborative approach to the development and socially valid assessment of Social Stories[TM] and comic strip conversations (CSCs) for supporting the social behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Seventeen children with ASD (ages 4-12 years) participated in either an immediate or a…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Social Behavior, Cartoons, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Gaming as an English Language Learning Resource among Young Children in Denmark
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Jensen, Signe Hannibal – CALICO Journal, 2017
This article presents a study of Danish young English language learners' (YELLs') contact with and use of Extramural English (EE) (N = 107, aged 8 [n = 49] and 10 [n = 58]). They have received little formal English instruction: two lessons per week for one year. Data on EE-habits were collected with a one-week language diary (self-report with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Learning Vocabulary from Television: Does Onscreen Print Have a Role?
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Linebarger, Deborah L.; Moses, Annie; Garrity Liebeskind, Kara; McMenamin, Katie – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Vocabulary acquisition associated with watching high-quality educational television has been documented in a number of studies. One lingering question is whether adding strategically placed onscreen print to a program can enhance vocabulary acquisition beyond those effects attributable to viewing educational content alone. The present study was…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Television Viewing, Programming (Broadcast), Educational Television
Digital Natives? New and Old Media and Children's Outcomes
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Bittman, Michael; Rutherford, Leonie; Brown, Jude; Unsworth, Lens – Australian Journal of Education, 2011
The current generation of young children has been described as "digital natives", having been born into a ubiquitous digital media environment. They are envisaged as educationally independent of the guided interaction provided by "digital immigrants": parents and teachers. This article uses data from the Longitudinal Study of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy