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Coviewing Supports Word Learning From Contingent And Non-Contingent Video, Gabrielle Strouse, Georgene Troseth, Katherine O’Doherty, Megan Saylor
Coviewing Supports Word Learning From Contingent And Non-Contingent Video, Gabrielle Strouse, Georgene Troseth, Katherine O’Doherty, Megan Saylor
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Social cues are one way young children determine that a situation is pedagogical in nature -- containing information to be learned and generalized. However, some social cues (e.g., contingent gaze and responsiveness) are missing from pre-recorded video, a potential reason why toddlers’ language learning from video can be inefficient compared to their learning directly from a person. This study explored two methods for supporting children’s word learning from video by adding social-communicative cues. Eighty-eight 30-month-olds began their participation with a video training phase. In one manipulation, an on-screen actress responded contingently to children through a live video feed (similar to …