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  1. A Comparison of Children's Reading on Paper Versus Screen: A Meta

    The inconsistent findings in the children's print-versus-digital reading raise the question of whether the pure presence of a screen makes a difference to children's learning, how the adults' reading support influences possible differences, and how the specific design features of digital books, such as the presence of a dictionary, affect children's learning outcomes.

  2. Book Language and Its Implications for Children's Language, Literacy

    Taking a closer look at the content of children's books also points to more distal consequences of variation in experience with book language. In adult corpora, fiction contains more complex emotion words (e.g., "despair," "relief," "irritation," "pride") than both nonfiction books and everyday speech, and adults who read more ...

  3. The Impact of E-Book Reading on Young Children's Emergent Literacy

    1.1. Effects of Digital Reading on Children's Literacy Skills. In the last decade, five reviews [7,8,9,10,11] and four meta-analyses [12,13,14,15] have been carried out to compare children's reading acquisition ability when using digital devices versus the use of traditional printed books [7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14].Two of these reviews [8,9] concluded that e-books and printed books play ...

  4. The Sooner, the Better: Early Reading to Children

    Children's language and literacy competence does not begin when children enter school—Children's literacy learning starts well before formal schooling, and studies have shown that children are sensitive to speech even prenatally (e.g., Moon, Lagercrantz, & Kuhl, 2013; Partanen et al., 2013).Parents and primary caregivers (subsequently referred to as parents) are highly influential in a ...

  5. The influence of illustrations on children's book preferences and

    In addition, Daley's (2020, p.171) remarks "Illustrated books are works of art, and one of the best ways I believe to enrich and teach literature" reveal the importance of these works in acquiring ...

  6. How Could Children's Storybooks Promote Empathy? A Conceptual Framework

    The first research question of this paper therefore is: How can empathy be conceptualized in relation to children's storybooks? ... Extant experimental research on children's digital books is by and large preoccupied with cognitive outcomes, such as vocabulary learning and story comprehension (e.g., Bus et al., 2015; ...

  7. Picture book reading with young children: A conceptual framework

    The purpose of this paper is to synthesize research on picture book reading with young children (i.e., children under the age of 3). In this paper, we review cross-sectional, longitudinal, and intervention reading research and describe changes in both parental and children's behaviors during picture book reading from birth to age 3.

  8. PDF The children's book selection criteria: Evidence from preschool and

    Educational Research and Reviews . Full Length Research Paper. The children's book selection criteria: Evidence from preschool and primary school teachers. Bilge Nur Dogan Guldenoglu. Department of Fine and Arts Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences (TR), Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. Received 16 September, 2020; Accepted 28 October, 2020

  9. Children's engagement during shared reading of ebooks and paper books

    When comparing books that only differ by medium (paper or screen), a meta-analysis indicated that children comprehend books from paper better than screens (ebooks; Furenes et al., 2021). However, children's books with digital enhancements, such as tappable features, sound effects and animations, may improve or detract from reading comprehension ...

  10. Children's Picture Books: A Systematic Analysis of Features in the

    ABSTRACT. Research Findings: Shared-picture book reading can stimulate children's mathematical development. Evidence of learning-supportive characteristics in picture books is limited in this domain. A first step is systematically analyzing the occurrence of domain-specific features in publicly available picture books.

  11. Gender equity in early childhood picture books: a cross ...

    Children's picture books contribute to children's development of gender identity and can impact aspirations and expectations of roles in families and society. However, the world represented in children's books reflects predominantly middle class, heterosexual, male heroes and characters. This paper reports on a cross-cultural study investigating gender representation in frequently read ...

  12. Reading on Screen vs. Print: New Analysis Thickens the Plot on

    The pandemic has increased the amount of reading young children do in digital formats, and a new research analysis suggests parent and teacher behavior can mean the difference in whether e-books ...

  13. Picture book reading improves children's learning understanding

    The research team gave detailed written feedback on the lesson plans. Teachers piloted and video-recorded the intervention sessions with two books from the same book series but not from the eight chosen training books with children. The research team watched the recordings and convened with the teachers again to give feedback. Training sessions ...

  14. What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and ...

    In "What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children's Books,' the authors find that this white/male dominance is even true of books published in recent decades during a period of heightened awareness about race and gender issues. This research has important implications for educators and publishers, and ...

  15. Scholarly Resources

    The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children's Books. The Horn Book and Horn Book Guide. First Opinions, Second Reactions (Purdue University e-journal) School Library Journal. International Research in Children's Literature (journal of IRSCL) The ALAN Review (academic journal on young adult ...

  16. International Research in Children's Literature

    The IRSCL is the longest established and leading international association of scholars promoting research into and the academic study of literature for children and young people. Founded in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1970, its official language is English but the literature studied may be in any language. IRSCL's broad aims are: to promote academic research and scholarship into children's and ...

  17. PDF The Impact of ebooks on the Reading Motivation and Reading Skills ...

    • Children were more likely to say that they read on screen than on paper outside school. 68.7% reported reading on a computer, phone or tablet, compared to 61.8% reading in print (e.g. a book, magazine or newspaper). • Children were more likely to say that they preferred to read on screen than on paper. More

  18. Are children's books becoming more diverse? New research reveals

    In a new working paper, Asst. Prof. Anjali Adukia of the Harris School of Public Policy found that over the past 100 years, characters in children's books—as measured by images and text—are largely white and male. This white/male dominance is even true of books published in recent decades, which have seen heightened awareness about race ...

  19. The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus

    Young children who have never seen a tablet like the iPad or an e-reader like the Kindle will still reach out and run their fingers across the pages of a paper book; they will jab at an ...

  20. The Children's Literature Research Collections

    The Children's Literature Research Collections, home of the Kerlan Collection, holds books, manuscripts, illustrations, comic books, story papers, and other materials related to the creation of historical and modern children's literature, including manuscripts and original artwork. Find information on upcoming Kerlan events on our events page.

  21. Gender Representation in Children's Books: Case of an Early Childhood

    Furthermore, this case study sought to understand the perspectives of early childhood educators on gender representation in children's books. The researcher employed multiple methods of data collection, including content analysis of 15 children's books, as well as reflective journal writing and professional conversation between eight ...

  22. Children's Literature: Cite Sources: APA

    When you work on a research paper you will probably find supporting material for your paper from works by others. It's okay to use the ideas of other people, but you do need to correctly credit them. When you quote people -- or even when you summarize or paraphrase information found in books, articles or Web pages -- you must acknowledge the ...

  23. PDF Research paper children

    Balancing eBooks and Physical Books research paper children Benefits of a Digital Library Creating a Diverse Reading Clilection research paper children 5. Identifying research paper children ... More research paper children Compatibility with Devices research paper children Enhanced eBook Features In the grand tapestry of digital literature,

  24. Research at the RBML

    Professor Glenda Sluga, author of The Invention of International Order: Remaking Europe After Napoleon, recently visited the RBML to extend her research on the intellectual foundations of international cooperation into the twentieth century. Examining the Wellington Koo and David Owen collections, Sluga is investigating how ideas about economic development were expressed in the founding of the ...