Date of Award
12-9-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Communication Disorders, MCD
First Advisor
Mike McDaniel
Committee Members
Julie Lamb-Milligan; Richard Neeley; Sherri Lovelace; Susan Hanrahan
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2010 W87
Abstract
This study investigated the effect that educational television viewing had on young children's knowledge of basic concepts and social interaction skills. In order to accomplish this purpose, two groups of children were assembled. Groups were matched for gender and age. Group one consisted of children from a tightly-knit religious sect whose families and culture were opposed to specific types of technology, such as television. Group two consisted of children from families who were not opposed to viewing television per se and that had been exposed to educational television. The Wiig Assessment of Basic Concepts (WABC) and Play Observation Scale (POS) were administered to both groups before and after intervention in order to compare scores. Only the experimental group received intervention which consisted of watching 12 episodes of educational television twice each over one month. No significant differences were observed between groups for the WABC pre, post, and difference standard scores. A significant decrease in the level of social play was observed for the experimental group following exposure to educational television.
Rights Management
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Recommended Citation
Worthington, Brandi, "The Impact of Multiple Viewings of Educational Television Programming on Young Children's Acquisition of Basic Concepts and Social Interaction Skills" (2010). Student Theses and Dissertations. 957.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/957
