EJ572364 PS528405
Title: The Medium Can Obscure the Message: Young Children's Understanding
of Video.Author(s): Troseth, Georgene L.; DeLoache, Judy S.
Source: Child Development, v69 n4 p950-65 Aug 1998
Publication Date: 1998
ISSN: 0009-3920
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY1999
Examined whether
toddlers would use information presented through video to solve
a retrieval problem. Found that 2.5-year-olds were very successful
at finding a hidden toy based on viewing a televised hiding event,
but 2-year-olds were not. Substantially better performance was achieved
by other 2-year-olds who either watched or believed they were watching
the hiding event directly. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences; Cognitive Development; *Cognitive
Processes; Comparative Analysis; *Information Sources; Performance
Factors; *Problem Solving; Symbolic Learning; *Toddlers; *Videotape
Recordings
Identifiers: Object Retrieval; Representational Competence; *Representational
Thinking
