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Kirkorian, Heather L.; Choi, Koeun; Pempek, Tiffany A. – Child Development, 2016
Researchers examined whether contingent experience using a touch screen increased toddlers' ability to learn a word from video. One hundred and sixteen children (24-36 months) watched an on-screen actress label an object: (a) without interacting, (b) with instructions to touch "anywhere" on the screen, or (c) with instructions to touch a…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Toddlers, Technology Uses in Education, Age Differences
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Connor, Carol McDonald; Day, Stephanie L.; Phillips, Beth; Sparapani, Nicole; Ingebrand, Sarah W.; McLean, Leigh; Barrus, Angela; Kaschak, Michael P. – Child Development, 2016
Many assume that cognitive and linguistic processes, such as semantic knowledge (SK) and self-regulation (SR), subserve learned skills like reading. However, complex models of interacting and bootstrapping effects of SK, SR, instruction, and reading hypothesize reciprocal effects. Testing this "lattice" model with children (n = 852)…
Descriptors: Semantics, Self Control, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing
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Honig, Alice S.; And Others – Child Development, 1970
Presents data using an observational technique, APPROACH, which describes the behaviors of young children in naturalistic social situations. (WY)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Rating Scales, Children, Classroom Observation Techniques