Development of a Theory-Based Concepts About Screen Systematic Observation Tool for Young Children

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Abstract

This study describes the development and field testing of a systematic observational tool blending two relevant theories: literacy processing as a complex working system and multimodal modes and media in discourse. Collaborating with classroom teachers, researchers developed items using the framework of systematic observation; an authentic task, a standard administration, and ways of checking the reliability of the administration and scoring. The tool was field-tested with 20 children ages five to eight across three days during a university-based camp centered around digital culture. Outcomes yielded more precise directions, a scoring guide, and the need to differentiate between early concepts about screens and e-books and webpages.

Authors

• Nancy L. Anderson, Texas Woman's University

• Sharla Lynn Snider, Texas Woman's University

• Aimee Hilton, Texas Woman's University

• Germaine Koskina, Texas Woman's University