Informational text—resources whose purpose is to inform—is essential to daily life and fundamenta... more Informational text—resources whose purpose is to inform—is essential to daily life and fundamental to literacy. Unfortunately, young children typically have limited exposure to informational text. Two 9-week randomized controlled trials with 263 first-grade children from low-income communities examined whether free educational videos and digital games supported children’s ability to use informational text to answer real-world questions. Participants received Internet-enabled tablets and were randomly assigned to condition. Study 1 found significant positive intervention impacts on child outcomes; Study 2 replicated these findings. Combined analyses demonstrated primary impact on children’s ability to identify and use structural and graphical features of informational text. Results are discussed in the context of the scalability of educational media to support informational text learning.
American Educational Research Journal, Jul 26, 2022
Informational text—resources whose purpose is to inform—is essential to daily life and fundamenta... more Informational text—resources whose purpose is to inform—is essential to daily life and fundamental to literacy. Unfortunately, young children typically have limited exposure to informational text. Two 9-week randomized controlled trials with 263 first-grade children from low-income communities examined whether free educational videos and digital games supported children’s ability to use informational text to answer real-world questions. Participants received Internet-enabled tablets and were randomly assigned to condition. Study 1 found significant positive intervention impacts on child outcomes; Study 2 replicated these findings. Combined analyses demonstrated primary impact on children’s ability to identify and use structural and graphical features of informational text. Results are discussed in the context of the scalability of educational media to support informational text learning.
Handbook of Research on Innovative Approaches to Early Childhood Development and School Readiness
This chapter examines how intentionally designed public media supports young children's learn... more This chapter examines how intentionally designed public media supports young children's learning across domains and settings. Incorporating robust learning goals and building on rich research into how best to support learning with media, public media represents a free and scalable means of ensuring that children of all backgrounds have access to quality educational materials delivered in an entertaining format. The authors discuss the importance of context, content, curation, and adult mediation in children's learning from digital media, and provide specific examples from decades of research on the effectiveness of public media in improving children's learning outcomes. The authors discuss how public media fits within screen time conversations and recommend further research in the specific contexts of public media usage to further develop resources with embedded supports tailored to the reality of public media use by families and within the community.
The Regional Educational Technology Assistance (RETA) program offers professional development opp... more The Regional Educational Technology Assistance (RETA) program offers professional development opportunities to educators across the state of New Mexico in the integration of technology into academic content. The program emphasizes developing regional
About the Telementoring Program...........................................................2 About... more About the Telementoring Program...........................................................2 About this Report....................................................................................4
Abstract This paper presents the Year 4 Evaluation results of the Regional Educational Technology... more Abstract This paper presents the Year 4 Evaluation results of the Regional Educational Technology Assistance (RETA) Program. RETA is a 1998 Technology Innovation Challenge Grant that provides New Mexico K-16 educators with professional development ...
Technology and digital media, used in conjunction with more traditional preschool learning activi... more Technology and digital media, used in conjunction with more traditional preschool learning activities in the early childhood classroom, have demonstrated positive outcomes in increasing early literacy skills in preschoolers with limited exposure to pre-academic activities (Penuel et al., 2009). Building on these findings, Educational Development Center, Inc., and SRI International are implementing a study that focuses on early mathematics learning through integrating transmedia and hands-on activities. We propose strategies to build on these two important teaching mediums in the most developmentally appropriate and meaningful way to promote the best practices possible.
The RETA (Regional Educational Technology Assistance) program has recently completed its fifth an... more The RETA (Regional Educational Technology Assistance) program has recently completed its fifth and final year of program activities. The program offers professional development to educators across the state of New Mexico in the integration of technology into academic content. The program also emphasizes developing regional expertise among classroom teachers who can act as peer technology experts in their communities. In addition, the program addresses issues of education technology policy at a statewide level and provides resources to pre- and inservice teachers through partnerships with institutions of higher education at several Regional Resource Centers throughout the state. The program works to reach teachers of students who are often underserved by more traditional professional development efforts.
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
Information on Who Conducted the Study Support Provided By The contents of this document were dev... more Information on Who Conducted the Study Support Provided By The contents of this document were developed under a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Education (Award Number U295A1005). However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. iii Ready To Learn Summative Evaluation This report presents results from the Ready To Learn Prekindergarten Transmedia Mathematics Study, a principal part of the summative evaluation of Ready To Learn, which is a partnership between the US Department of Education, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS. Researchers found that preschool children who experienced a PBS KIDS Transmedia Math Supplement developed essential early mathematics skills. The PBS KIDS Transmedia Math Supplement was centered around public media videos and digital games, played on a selected set of learning technologies (interactive whiteboards and laptop computers). The important skills measured-counting; subitizing; recognizing numerals; recognizing, composing, and representing shapes; and patterning-increased significantly for the study's four-and five-year-old children, who were from traditionally economically disadvantaged communities where children are often less prepared for kindergarten than are their more socially and economically advantaged peers. Also important, preschool teachers who enacted the PBS KIDS Transmedia Math Supplement reported significant changes in their confidence and comfort with early mathematics concepts and teaching with technology.
While research suggests that educational television shows can contribute positively to a range of... more While research suggests that educational television shows can contribute positively to a range of developmental outcomes for preschoolers, few preschool curricula make use of digital content to teach science. This study explored the impact of a curriculum that integrated hands-on activities with digital content from two public television shows aimed at introducing preschoolers to science, Peep and the Big Wide World and Sid the Science Kid. Impact was measured using parent reports of 398 low-income children's science talk using a random assignment design, where preschool teachers were assigned to implement either the media-rich science curriculum or a literacy curriculum. Results indicated that the science curriculum had a positive impact on caregivers' reports of children's talk about science. Though the study's outcome measure is an indirect measure of learning, the study suggests the potential for this and other media-rich curricula for introducing preschoolers to...
Issues & Answers is an ongoing series of reports from short-term Fast Response Projects conducted... more Issues & Answers is an ongoing series of reports from short-term Fast Response Projects conducted by the regional educational laboratories on current education issues of importance at local, state, and regional levels. Fast Response Project topics change to reflect new issues, as identified through lab outreach and requests for assistance from policymakers and educators at state and local levels and from communities, businesses, parents, families, and youth. All Issues & Answers reports meet Institute of Education Sciences standards for scientifically valid research.
Informational text—resources whose purpose is to inform—is essential to daily life and fundamenta... more Informational text—resources whose purpose is to inform—is essential to daily life and fundamental to literacy. Unfortunately, young children typically have limited exposure to informational text. Two 9-week randomized controlled trials with 263 first-grade children from low-income communities examined whether free educational videos and digital games supported children’s ability to use informational text to answer real-world questions. Participants received Internet-enabled tablets and were randomly assigned to condition. Study 1 found significant positive intervention impacts on child outcomes; Study 2 replicated these findings. Combined analyses demonstrated primary impact on children’s ability to identify and use structural and graphical features of informational text. Results are discussed in the context of the scalability of educational media to support informational text learning.
American Educational Research Journal, Jul 26, 2022
Informational text—resources whose purpose is to inform—is essential to daily life and fundamenta... more Informational text—resources whose purpose is to inform—is essential to daily life and fundamental to literacy. Unfortunately, young children typically have limited exposure to informational text. Two 9-week randomized controlled trials with 263 first-grade children from low-income communities examined whether free educational videos and digital games supported children’s ability to use informational text to answer real-world questions. Participants received Internet-enabled tablets and were randomly assigned to condition. Study 1 found significant positive intervention impacts on child outcomes; Study 2 replicated these findings. Combined analyses demonstrated primary impact on children’s ability to identify and use structural and graphical features of informational text. Results are discussed in the context of the scalability of educational media to support informational text learning.
Handbook of Research on Innovative Approaches to Early Childhood Development and School Readiness
This chapter examines how intentionally designed public media supports young children's learn... more This chapter examines how intentionally designed public media supports young children's learning across domains and settings. Incorporating robust learning goals and building on rich research into how best to support learning with media, public media represents a free and scalable means of ensuring that children of all backgrounds have access to quality educational materials delivered in an entertaining format. The authors discuss the importance of context, content, curation, and adult mediation in children's learning from digital media, and provide specific examples from decades of research on the effectiveness of public media in improving children's learning outcomes. The authors discuss how public media fits within screen time conversations and recommend further research in the specific contexts of public media usage to further develop resources with embedded supports tailored to the reality of public media use by families and within the community.
The Regional Educational Technology Assistance (RETA) program offers professional development opp... more The Regional Educational Technology Assistance (RETA) program offers professional development opportunities to educators across the state of New Mexico in the integration of technology into academic content. The program emphasizes developing regional
About the Telementoring Program...........................................................2 About... more About the Telementoring Program...........................................................2 About this Report....................................................................................4
Abstract This paper presents the Year 4 Evaluation results of the Regional Educational Technology... more Abstract This paper presents the Year 4 Evaluation results of the Regional Educational Technology Assistance (RETA) Program. RETA is a 1998 Technology Innovation Challenge Grant that provides New Mexico K-16 educators with professional development ...
Technology and digital media, used in conjunction with more traditional preschool learning activi... more Technology and digital media, used in conjunction with more traditional preschool learning activities in the early childhood classroom, have demonstrated positive outcomes in increasing early literacy skills in preschoolers with limited exposure to pre-academic activities (Penuel et al., 2009). Building on these findings, Educational Development Center, Inc., and SRI International are implementing a study that focuses on early mathematics learning through integrating transmedia and hands-on activities. We propose strategies to build on these two important teaching mediums in the most developmentally appropriate and meaningful way to promote the best practices possible.
The RETA (Regional Educational Technology Assistance) program has recently completed its fifth an... more The RETA (Regional Educational Technology Assistance) program has recently completed its fifth and final year of program activities. The program offers professional development to educators across the state of New Mexico in the integration of technology into academic content. The program also emphasizes developing regional expertise among classroom teachers who can act as peer technology experts in their communities. In addition, the program addresses issues of education technology policy at a statewide level and provides resources to pre- and inservice teachers through partnerships with institutions of higher education at several Regional Resource Centers throughout the state. The program works to reach teachers of students who are often underserved by more traditional professional development efforts.
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
Information on Who Conducted the Study Support Provided By The contents of this document were dev... more Information on Who Conducted the Study Support Provided By The contents of this document were developed under a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Education (Award Number U295A1005). However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. iii Ready To Learn Summative Evaluation This report presents results from the Ready To Learn Prekindergarten Transmedia Mathematics Study, a principal part of the summative evaluation of Ready To Learn, which is a partnership between the US Department of Education, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS. Researchers found that preschool children who experienced a PBS KIDS Transmedia Math Supplement developed essential early mathematics skills. The PBS KIDS Transmedia Math Supplement was centered around public media videos and digital games, played on a selected set of learning technologies (interactive whiteboards and laptop computers). The important skills measured-counting; subitizing; recognizing numerals; recognizing, composing, and representing shapes; and patterning-increased significantly for the study's four-and five-year-old children, who were from traditionally economically disadvantaged communities where children are often less prepared for kindergarten than are their more socially and economically advantaged peers. Also important, preschool teachers who enacted the PBS KIDS Transmedia Math Supplement reported significant changes in their confidence and comfort with early mathematics concepts and teaching with technology.
While research suggests that educational television shows can contribute positively to a range of... more While research suggests that educational television shows can contribute positively to a range of developmental outcomes for preschoolers, few preschool curricula make use of digital content to teach science. This study explored the impact of a curriculum that integrated hands-on activities with digital content from two public television shows aimed at introducing preschoolers to science, Peep and the Big Wide World and Sid the Science Kid. Impact was measured using parent reports of 398 low-income children's science talk using a random assignment design, where preschool teachers were assigned to implement either the media-rich science curriculum or a literacy curriculum. Results indicated that the science curriculum had a positive impact on caregivers' reports of children's talk about science. Though the study's outcome measure is an indirect measure of learning, the study suggests the potential for this and other media-rich curricula for introducing preschoolers to...
Issues & Answers is an ongoing series of reports from short-term Fast Response Projects conducted... more Issues & Answers is an ongoing series of reports from short-term Fast Response Projects conducted by the regional educational laboratories on current education issues of importance at local, state, and regional levels. Fast Response Project topics change to reflect new issues, as identified through lab outreach and requests for assistance from policymakers and educators at state and local levels and from communities, businesses, parents, families, and youth. All Issues & Answers reports meet Institute of Education Sciences standards for scientifically valid research.
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