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Bedtime Stories in the 21st Century: What We Know—and Need to Know—About Digital Reading for Young Children

Sun, April 14, 9:35 to 11:05am, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Floor: Level 5, Salon D

Session Type: Symposium

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In this symposium, we share emerging research related to digital reading for children ages 2-8. Collectively, we focus on a large sample of both digital stories (n~100) and young children (n~3,635), thus providing a rich set of observational data. Our findings include the following: (a) interactive features in digital stories may influence children’s literacy outcomes in their first and second language; (b) children may engage in different reading behaviors with printed and digital books; (c) log data from digital apps may help teachers identify struggling readers; and (d) digital stories with the greatest educational value mainly portray white, male characters. These studies provide new insights into how digital stories may enhance young children’s language and literacy development.

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