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Direct linkWong, Kevin M.; Flynn, Rachel M.; Neuman, Susan B. – TESOL Journal, 2021
This study examines the potential of educational media to provide preschool-aged dual language learners (DLLs) with vocabulary in a new language. Drawing from dual-coding theory, the current study investigated how three distinct instructional contexts with varying degrees of incidental-intentional vocabulary exposure on screen might facilitate…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Neuman, Susan B.; Wong, Kevin M.; Kaefer, Tanya – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of digital and non-digital storybooks on low-income preschoolers' oral language comprehension. Employing a within-subject design on 38 four-year-olds from a Head Start program, we compared the effect of medium on preschoolers' target words and comprehension of stories. Four digital…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Statistical Analysis, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Download full textFlynn, Rachel M.; Wong, Kevin M.; Neuman, Susan B.; Kaefer, Tanya – Grantee Submission, 2019
Educational screen media is increasingly salient in the lives of young children. Research affirms preschool-aged children can learn content from media when they attend to it, however less is known about how specific screen-based pedagogical supports (SBPS) might draw children's attention. Using eye-tracking methodology, the current study examines…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Preschool Children, Attention, Eye Movements
Samudra, Preeti G.; Wong, Kevin M.; Neuman, Susan B. – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2019
Children from diverse backgrounds are able to learn new words from educational media. However, learning is often partial and fragile, leaving much room for uncovering strategies that can increase the efficacy of educational media in supporting children's vocabulary knowledge. The present study investigated one such strategy--repeated viewing of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Student Diversity, Vocabulary Development
Samudra, Preeti G.; Wong, Kevin M.; Neuman, Susan B. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Children from diverse backgrounds are able to learn new words from educational media. However, learning is often partial and fragile, leaving much room for uncovering strategies that can increase the efficacy of educational media in supporting children's vocabulary knowledge. The present study investigated one such strategy--repeated viewing of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Student Diversity, Vocabulary Development
Neuman, Susan B.; Wong, Kevin M.; Kaefer, Tanya – Grantee Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of digital and non-digital storybooks on low-income preschoolers' oral language comprehension. Employing a within-subject design on 38 four-year-olds from a Head Start program, we compared the effect of medium on preschoolers' target words and comprehension of stories. Four digital…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Story Reading, Low Income Groups, Disadvantaged Youth
