The Parent Advantage in Fostering Children's E-Book Comprehension / Rebecca A. Dore, Brenna Hassinger-Das and Natalie Brezack.
One potential advantage of e-books is that unlike traditional books, preschoolers can read independent of an adult by using the audio narration feature. However, little research has investigated whether children comprehend a story's content after using an e-book with audio narration. The curren...
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| Summary: | One potential advantage of e-books is that unlike traditional books, preschoolers can read independent of an adult by using the audio narration feature. However, little research has investigated whether children comprehend a story's content after using an e-book with audio narration. The current study compares preschoolers' comprehension of an e-book in three conditions: (1) parent reading, in which parents read the e-book to their children, (2) independent with audio, in which children see the e-book independently with audio narration, and (3) independent without audio, in which children see the e-book independently but do not have audio narration available. Our results suggest that children comprehend some content from e-books using audio narration, indicating that using e-books independently may be a worthwhile activity for preliterate children while caregivers are otherwise occupied. However, results also show that children recall the most information about the e-book after reading with a parent. |
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| Item Description: | Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED). Contract Number: R305A150435. Contract Number: R305B130012. Abstractor: As Provided. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (10 pages) |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (Journal Articles) Text (Reports, Research) |
| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | Grantee Submission, Early Childhood Research Quarterly v44 p24-33 2018. |