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Title | Study Finds That DVDs Don't Help Babies Learn Language |
Body | From http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_W_babydvd04.472da43.html UCR study finds that DVDs don't help babies learn language By JANET ZIMMERMAN March 3, 2010 Educational DVDs aimed at teaching language to very young children cannot replace human interaction -- the most effective way that babies learn, according to a UC Riverside study. Researchers who followed 96 babies, ages 12 to 24 months, found no evidence that the children learned words from such videos, said the lead author, Rebekah Richert, assistant professor of psychology. "Children have never learned language that way, and that hasn't changed with these types of videos," she said. "The video itself and what's happening on screen is not an adequate substitute for that live interaction that has always been important for child development." Read the full article at http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_W_babydvd04.472da43.html |
Source | Press-Enterprise, Riverside, CA |
Inputdate | 2010-03-07 10:51:43 |
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Publishdate | 2010-03-08 00:00:00 |
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