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Grammer, Jennie; Coffman, Jennifer L.; Ornstein, Peter – Child Development, 2013
Building on longitudinal findings of linkages between aspects of teachers' language during instruction and children's use of mnemonic strategies, this investigation was designed to examine experimentally the impact of instruction on memory development. First and second graders ("N" = 54, "M"[subscript age] = 7 years)…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Mnemonics, Memory, Pretests Posttests
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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