Interactive electronic storybooks for kindergartners to promote vocabulary growth

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-55

  Smeets, Daisy J H ^a   Bus, Adriana G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

e Books; Expressive vocabulary; Extra textual vocabulary instruction; Interactivity; Kindergarten; Picture storybooks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; TEACHING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; READING; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84858161372     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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