Training of media sign literacy and intelligence: Effects on preschoolers’ cognitive skills

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Cognitive Development Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.1016/j.cogdev.2025.101582

Marie Sophie Hunze , Franziska Freudenberger , Yvonne Gerigk , Peter Ohler , Gerhild Nieding

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Children's media sign literacy (MSL) has been identified as a predictor of knowledge acquisition from media and academic competencies, surpassing even intelligence. Based on this empirical finding, a tablet-based training program to enhance MSL was developed. In a pretest-posttest experiment involving 152 preschoolers, this training program was compared with an active control group, using a digital inductive reasoning (IR) training, and a passive control group, continuing with the daily preschool activities. Preschoolers' MSL, intelligence, and diverse academic precursors were assessed. Results demonstrated significant improvements in MSL among preschoolers undergoing the MSL training program. Unexpectedly, the IR training showed significant impact only on one of the four intelligence subscales, and participants in the MSL group even outperformed the IR group on another subscale. Both training programs significantly improved participants' letter knowledge, and the IR training furthermore significantly improved participants' phonological awareness.

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媒介符号素养与智能训练：对学龄前儿童认知技能的影响

儿童媒体符号素养（MSL）已被确定为从媒体和学术能力中获取知识的预测指标，甚至超过智力。基于这一实证发现，我们开发了一个基于平板电脑的MSL培训项目。在152名学龄前儿童的前测后测实验中，将该训练方案与积极对照组（使用数字归纳推理（IR）训练）和被动对照组（继续进行日常学前活动）进行比较。评估了学龄前儿童的MSL、智力和各种学术前驱。结果显示，接受语言语言训练的学龄前儿童的语言语言能力有显著提高。出乎意料的是，IR训练仅在四个智力量表中的一个量表上显示出显著的影响，MSL组的参与者甚至在另一个量表上表现优于IR组。两种训练方案均显著提高了被试的字母知识，IR训练进一步显著提高了被试的语音意识。

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Cognitive Development Multiple-

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3.20

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114

期刊介绍： Cognitive Development contains the very best empirical and theoretical work on the development of perception, memory, language, concepts, thinking, problem solving, metacognition, and social cognition. Criteria for acceptance of articles will be: significance of the work to issues of current interest, substance of the argument, and clarity of expression. For purposes of publication in Cognitive Development, moral and social development will be considered part of cognitive development when they are related to the development of knowledge or thought processes.