Learning Outcomes
Reading a Storybook Versus Viewing a Video
Children’s Narrative Elaboration After Reading a Storybook Versus Viewing a Video
Frontiers · 2020-10-16
Summary
This study compares the effects of storybook reading and video viewing on children’s narrative elaboration abilities, highlighting the role of active engagement in storytelling.
Key Findings
Enhanced Elaboration Through Books:
Children who read a storybook demonstrated higher levels of narrative elaboration compared to those who viewed the same story as a video.
Active Engagement Benefits:
The interactive nature of book reading encouraged children to make predictions, ask questions, and discuss characters, fostering narrative comprehension.
Limited Benefits of Videos:
While videos captured attention effectively, they resulted in less active participation and lower narrative elaboration scores.
The chart compares narrative elaboration scores between storybook reading and video viewing, highlighting the superior outcomes for storybook readers.
Participants: 120 children aged 4–6.
Methodology: Children were randomly assigned to read a storybook or watch a video. Narrative elaboration was assessed through storytelling tasks immediately after the activity.
Implications:
Encouraging storybook reading, particularly with adult involvement, can enhance children’s narrative skills more effectively than video viewing. Active engagement and discussion are key to fostering comprehension.
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