TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving children's listening comprehension with a manipulation strategy
AU - Marley, Scott
AU - Szabo, Zsuzsanna
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/4/1
Y1 - 2010/4/1
N2 - The authors examined the cognitive benefits of physical manipulation. Participants were 76 kindergarten and first-grade students randomly assigned to 2 strategies: stories with pictures or manipulation. In the pictures strategy, participants listened to story content and viewed pictures. In the manipulation strategy, participants moved manipulatives as directed by the stories. After a training period, the pictures or manipulatives were removed and participants were instructed to imagine story events. Significant differences in favor of the manipulation strategy on free and cued recall were observed during all 3 instructional periods. Furthermore, strategy by recall type and strategy by grade-level interactions were identified during the training sessions. After training, the participants were instructed to imagine story events, and a significant difference was observed in favor of the manipulation strategy.
AB - The authors examined the cognitive benefits of physical manipulation. Participants were 76 kindergarten and first-grade students randomly assigned to 2 strategies: stories with pictures or manipulation. In the pictures strategy, participants listened to story content and viewed pictures. In the manipulation strategy, participants moved manipulatives as directed by the stories. After a training period, the pictures or manipulatives were removed and participants were instructed to imagine story events. Significant differences in favor of the manipulation strategy on free and cued recall were observed during all 3 instructional periods. Furthermore, strategy by recall type and strategy by grade-level interactions were identified during the training sessions. After training, the participants were instructed to imagine story events, and a significant difference was observed in favor of the manipulation strategy.
KW - Activity
KW - Hands-on learning
KW - Strategy
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U2 - 10.1080/00220670903383036
DO - 10.1080/00220670903383036
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951037669
SN - 0022-0671
VL - 103
SP - 227
EP - 238
JO - Journal of Educational Research
JF - Journal of Educational Research
IS - 4
ER -