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Direct linkSamudra, Preeti G.; Wong, Kevin M.; Neuman, Susan B. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Preschoolers can learn vocabulary from educational videos, but children from low-income backgrounds often do not learn as effectively as their higher income peers. We investigated whether adding attention-directing cues to media (Study 1) and slowing the pacing of media (Study 2) supported vocabulary learning for preschoolers from low-income…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cues, Attention, Vocabulary Development
Download full textSamudra, Preeti; Wong, Kevin M.; Neuman, Susan B. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Coviewing is a commonly recommended practice, but little is known about how coviewing impacts children's educational media viewing experience. We investigated how coviewing impacts attention and comprehension of educational media, as well as the role of baseline vocabulary in understanding these associations. Eighty-three preschoolers viewed two…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Attention, Television Viewing, Educational Media
Neuman, Susan B.; Samudra, Preeti; Wong, Kevin M.; Kaefer, Tanya – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
This study was designed to examine the effects of coviewing on low-income children's attention to and understanding of novel words in educational media. In addition, we sought to understand coviewing's contribution to children's receptive and expressive word learning when some target words were repeated more or less frequently. Using a…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Attention, Vocabulary Development, Educational Media
Neuman, Susan B.; Wong, Kevin M.; Flynn, Rachel; Kaefer, Tanya – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
This article reports on two studies designed to examine the landscape of online streamed videos, and the features that may support vocabulary learning for low-income preschoolers. In Study 1, we report on a content analysis of 100 top language- and literacy-focused educational media programs streamed from five streaming platforms. Randomly…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Educational Media, Low Income Students, Preschool Children
Wong, Kevin M.; Samudra, Preeti G. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine whether technology-based learning environments have the potential to support dual-language learners' (DLLs) vocabulary learning in their less dominant language. Interrogating Dual-Coding Theory (Paivio, 1986), this study investigates whether DLLs benefit from media content that is delivered both orally and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language)
Neuman, Susan B.; Samudra, Preeti; Wong, Kevin M.; Kaefer, Tanya – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study was designed to examine the effects of coviewing on low-income children's attention to and understanding of novel words in educational media. In addition, we sought to understand coviewing's contribution to children's receptive and expressive word learning when some target words were repeated more or less frequently. Using a…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Attention, Vocabulary Development, Educational Media
Wong, Kevin M.; Samudra, Preeti G. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine whether technology- based learning environments have the potential to support dual-language learners' (DLLs) vocabulary learning in their less dominant language. Interrogating Dual-Coding Theory (Paivio, 1986), this study investigates whether DLLs benefit from media content that is delivered both orally and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Educational Media, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
Neuman, Susan B.; Wong, Kevin M.; Flynn, Rachel; Kaefer, Tanya – Grantee Submission, 2019
This article reports on two studies designed to examine the landscape of online streamed videos, and the features that may support vocabulary learning for low-income preschoolers. In Study 1, we report on a content analysis of 100 top language- and literacy-focused educational media programs streamed from five streaming platforms. Randomly…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Video Technology, Cues, Low Income Groups
Wong, Kevin M. – Grantee Submission, 2019
In this thesis, I present three related papers that collectively investigate the instructional supports on screen and in the media viewing context that influenced English and heritage language vocabulary knowledge in DLLs. In study 1, I examine how specific pedagogical approaches used in educational media might benefit DLLs. In study 2, I…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Media
