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ERIC Number: EJ1375309
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1539-1523
EISSN: EISSN-1945-0818
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The Effect of Visual Cues in E-Books on Pre-K Children's Visual Attention, Word Recognition, and Comprehension: An Eye Tracking Study
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, v54 n5 p800-814 2022
This study explored how pre-K children process an e-book with narration through eye movements, and also the effects of visual cues on preschoolers' visual attention to text, word recognition, and comprehension. Data were collected from eight children attending a university-associated daycare center. Eye tracker was used to record the participants' eye movements while interacting with the e-book. Although the participants understood the story, only two of them showed an increase in the word recognition test. The obtained eye movement data demonstrated that the children focused more on the pictures (82.31%) than on the text (15.56%), which is a result that is higher than found in previous studies (e.g., Evans & Saint-Aubin, 2005; Justice et al., 2005; Takacs & Bus, 2018). Overall, 51.71% of their fixations on text matched with the visual cues synchronized with the narration. This study was limited to a single reading session of a short storybook, and employed a small sample size.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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