The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if text can support children in learning new verbs in healthy children ages three through six. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does text support help children learn new verbs? Does a child's relative benefit from text support vary according to their literacy skills? Participants will * Watch videos of actions and hear novel words * Name alphabet sounds to determine their literacy skills
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
170
Half of participants will receive orthographic support (text support) while learning new verbs. The investigators will compare learning with and without text support to determine if this aids verb learning.
Online Asynchronous
Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States
Accuracy
The investigators will measure accuracy in an identification task with a pointing response.
Time frame: 15 minutes
Literacy as a Mediator
The investigators will compare orthographic facilitation across literacy measures to determine if/how literacy mediates how much of an effect text support offers.
Time frame: 15 minutes
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