Although prior research clearly shows that toddlers have difficulty learning from video, the
basis for their difficulty is unknown. In the 2 current experiments, the effect of social feedback …

Previous research has established that very young children, unlike older people, often have
difficulty using a televised image as a source of information about a real event. After …

Two experiments were conducted to test several questions regarding very young children's
(6–24 months) learning (ie, simple action imitation and word learning) from video …

Imitation of people on educational television is a potential way for very young children to
learn new skills. Although toddlers in previous studies exhibited a “video deficit” in learning …

Toddlers' ability to use a television display in order to guide their object retrieval and object
placement was examined. In the first experiment, 2-, 2.5-, and 3-year-olds watched a toy …

Social cues are one way young children determine that a situation is pedagogical in nature—
containing information to be learned and generalized. However, some social cues (eg …

Learning to use symbols is a challenge for young children even when the symbol in
question (eg, a live video image) is iconic and seems transparent to adults. This research …

In the first few years of life, children acquire a great deal of general information through
symbolic media, including television. Here we explored whether very young children would …

In recent years, parents in the United States and worldwide have purchased enormous
numbers of videos and DVDs designed and marketed for infants, many assuming that their …

Toddlers' performance on a seriation sequencing task was measured after exposure to a
video as a function of the social meaningfulness of the character. Forty eight 21-month-old …