Real vs. Animated? When teaching about development does video format matter?

Level of Education of Students Involved

Undergraduate

Faculty Sponsor

Abbie Thompson

College

Arts and Sciences

Discipline(s)

Psychology

Presentation Type

Poster Presentation

Symposium Date

Spring 4-25-2024

Abstract

Language develops prenatally and throughout childhood and can significantly impact children’s abilities to produce and understand language throughout their life. The goal of this study is to find accessible ways to equip caregivers with resources to set their child up for future success in the comprehension and production of language. Parent’s understanding of childhood development is related to their child’s efficiency in moving through developmental stages, specifically in relation to the acquisition of language (Booth, 2018). Thus, we are creating a remote video-training process to teach parents about language development. Existing literature has shown the power of video-training such that parents who received training over video could implement new activities with their children, leading to an increased development of language-related skills (Blom-Hoffman, 2008). Current research about video formats, with college students, has found that participants learn best from combined audio and visual aspects that included social cues from footage of the instructor speaking (Brünken, 2002; Kizilcec, 2015). These features are able to be present in both live-action and animated formats. Therefore, this study focuses on finding out what video format is most beneficial to teach caregivers facts and activities related to children's language development. We compare learning outcomes from videos of a real person presenting information compared to those with an animated character. Findings from this research will give insight to what could be a more efficient way of equipping parents to support their child in the process of being able to understand and produce language.

Biographical Information about Author(s)

Throughout the 21st Century, the ways we learn have been changing. Our research project revolves around what video-based methods provide the best outcome for how parents receive information regarding their children’s development. We became interested in this project because of an interest in developmental psychology, and this project focuses on ways caregivers can become more apt in assisting their child’s language development.

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