Electronic Picture Book Research Articles

예비유아교사의 전자그림책에 대한 은유분석

Objective: This study aimed to explore the formation of conceptual metaphors by pre-service early childhood teachers concerning electronic picture books. The goal is to gain insights into how these metaphors may impact the integration of electronic pictures books within early childhood education settings.
 Methods: A total of 210 pre-service early childhood teachers participated in this study and responded to a metaphorical questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
 Results: The research findings categorized the 210 metaphorical expressions into the following eight main categories: Convenience, Visual Effects, Innovation, Developmental Hindrance, Immersion, Educational Effects, Ambiguity, and Enjoyment.
 Conclusions: This study analyzed metaphorical expressions and their underlying rationales among prospective preschool teachers regarding electronic picture books. The aim is to provide guidance and support for prospective teacher education to foster a proper understanding and effective utilization of electronic picture books.

The effects of interactive electronic picture books on young children’s oral expression skills

The application of interactive electronic picture books can strengthen young children’s reading comprehension skills. Interactive electronic picture books that involve interaction with sensors, with the interaction integrated into the story, should be developed to enhance children’s reading experience and improve their oral expression skills. Interactive electronic picture books that involved children manipulating stuffed animals containing sensors that provided feedback were developed for this study. Visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli can be used to create an interactive feedback system. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with teachers, who gave their opinions regarding the curriculum of their preschool. The results indicate that the intuitiveness of the system helped improve the children’s reading experience, strengthened their motivation to read, and improved their cognitive abilities. In addition, interactive electronic picture books were found to improve the children’s oral expression skills.

A comparative study on the development of Chinese and English abilities of Chinese primary school students through two bilingual reading modes: human-AI robot interaction and paper books.

To address the challenges encountered by Chinese primary school students, particularly left-behind and migrant children, who exhibit a preference for animations, video games, and short videos over reading books and struggle with Chinese-English bilingual skills, this study introduces an educational robot AI-assisted method for simultaneous bilingual reading. To assess the effectiveness of this method, a 6-month Chinese-English bilingual extracurricular reading comparative experiment was conducted involving 85 grade 5 students from two classes in a primary school in Hangzhou, China. The AI-assisted class freely read 100 bilingual/English electronic picture books and 200 Chinese electronic classic serial picture books by employing the AI-assisted human-computer interactive electronic reading mode of the "Educational Robot+Audio Electronic Picture Book+Character-play Based Reading." In contrast, the paper book group read the same content presented in the traditional paper book format, following the "regular independent reading" mode. Post-experimental analyses were conducted employing t-tests and MANCOVA and the results revealed that: the primary factors influencing reading effectiveness are the choice of reading materials, reading tools, and reading mode, while reading time does not emerge as the principal influencing factor. Furthermore, students in the AI class demonstrated significant enhancements in bilingual reading motivation, reading amount, reading comprehension, independent learning ability, pronunciation proficiency, and test scores compared to their peers in the paper book class. The AI-assisted reading mode utilizing educational robots garnered positive feedback from teachers, parents, and students. It offers the potential to effectively substitute parental involvement in parent-child reading and English tutoring, while also enabling the simultaneous acquisition of bilingual proficiency in both Chinese and English. This approach proves to be highly effective, cost-efficient, and convenient, particularly for enhancing children's foreign language abilities. Moreover, it fosters positive reading habits and independent learning skills among primary school students, contributes to the establishment of lofty aspirations, and enhances bilingual performance. Overall, this innovative mode offers an effective means of facilitating children's acquisition of bilingualism and foreign language skills, as well as promoting reading education.

The contribution of dictionary interactivity on young children’s electronic picture book reading: A systematic review

The contribution of dictionary interactivity on young children’s electronic picture book reading: A systematic review

Penggunaan Buku Cerita Bergambar Elektronik Interaktif di Sekolah Dasar (Studi kasus di Kelas 2 SDN Bangka 05 Jakarta Selatan)

Technology is growing very fast, including on medium that used to study in primary school. Reading lesson have many strategic to used, one of them is using an interactive electronic picture book. Present research revealed how interactive electronic picture book used in grade 2 SDN Bangka 05, Jakarta Selatan. Book created by the teacher used in this lesson, combine the image, text, and voice in order to more interactive and gain the student interest. Before the lesson start, teacher diagnosed student reading skill using printed book, and the result show that student read the book with a flat voice, there is no intonation while the reading. Narrative qualitative method used in this research. The result show there is increasing enthusiastic among student compared when using printed book. Beside that there is an increasing on reading comprehensive too and student can show their understanding about story through role playing in the class. Further research needed to conduct in other school with variety resources.

전자그림책 모드에 따른 유아의 이해도

전자그림책 모드에 따른 유아의 이해도

디지털 기기를 이용한 독서활동에 대한 어머니의 인식: 첫 자녀 취학 및 어머니 취업에 따른 차이를 중심으로

본 연구에서는 학습 전용 태블릿pc를 이용한 자녀의 독서활동에 대한 어머니의 인식이 자녀의 취학 및 어머니 취업 여부에 따라 유의한 차이가 있는지 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 디지털 기기를 통한 독서활동 서비스를 이용하고 있는 만 0세-12세 자녀를 둔 어머니 2,572명을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 통해 자료를 수집하여 기술통계 및 t-test를 실시하였다. 취업모들이 비취업모에 비해 디지털 기기를 이용한 독서활동의 장점들에 대해서는 더 긍정적으로 평가하였고, 단점에 대해서는 덜 우려하는 것으로 나타났다. 디지털 기기를 이용한 독서활동이 다양한 영역에서 자녀에게 긍정적인 효과가 있을 것이라는 기대와 자녀의 학습능력 증진이나 자기주도학습에 미치는 영향에 대해서도 취업모가 비취업모에 비해 더 긍정적으로 응답하였다.

디지털속성에 따른 전자그림책 표현방식의 특징

디지털속성에 따른 전자그림책 표현방식의 특징

Maternal Restriction on Preschool Child’s Usage of Electronic Picture Book: Compared to Restriction on Other Digital Device

Maternal Restriction on Preschool Child’s Usage of Electronic Picture Book: Compared to Restriction on Other Digital Device

영아기 디지털 기기 사용에 대한 어머니의 인식 및 태도 - 전자책 전용 기기와 일반 디지털 기기에 대한 차이를 중심으로

본 연구는 급변하는 스마트 기기 사용 환경에 따라 교육적 콘텐츠 사용을 목적으로 하는 전용 기기활용에 대한 고찰이 필요함에 주목하였다. 이에 영아기 어머니의 전자책 전용 기기와 일반 스마트 기기에 대한 인식과 태도의 차이를 살펴보아 시사점을 도출하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 현재 전자책 전용 기기와 일반 디지털 기기를 모두 사용하고 있는 0∼2세 영아자녀를 둔 어머니 300명을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였으며 주요 결과는 다음과 같다.BR 첫째, 영아기 어머니는 전자책 활용 시 장점과 발달에 미치는 영향을 긍정적으로 인식하고 있으며, 동시에 시력저하와 감각적 자극 추구 선호를 우려하였다. 둘째, 영아기 어머니는 전자책 전용 기기 사용에 대해 일반 디지털 기기보다 사용시간 제한 규칙을 적용하는 여부와 사용허용 시간의 측면에서 보다 허용적인 태도를 보였다. 셋째, 취업모는 디지털 기기에 대해 상대적으로 개방적인 태도를 보였고, 전업모의 일반 디지털 기기 사용 허용시간이 더 길었다. 넷째, 어머니가 갖는 디지털 기기에 대한 교육적 효과기대는 전자책 전용 기기에 대해 사용시간 제한 규칙을 허용적으로 적용하는 태도와 정적상관이 있으며, 어머니의 양육효능감은 일반 디지털 기기 사용 허용 시간과 부적 상관이 나타났다.

Children's Electronic Literature Criticism: Exploring Electronic Picture Books

This paper researches the position and the genres of children’s electronic literature within the larger context of electronic literature, focusing on its most representative form — electronic picture books. It explores their rich narrative possibilities and regards them as an autochthonous children’s electronic literary genre, a gateway that leads a young reader into the world of electronic literature.

The research of 4th grade mathematical curriculum electronic picture book construction and development in integrating indigenous culture

This research aimed at integrating Seediq culture and mathematical course design for fourth-grade elementary school, and then transforming this mathematical course into an electronic picture book. During the process of electronic book development, the researchers collected videos of six participants engaged in discussion, reflection minutes after the meeting written by the attendants, the researchers' observation and review journals, and conversations with the participants. Then, researchers utilized Content Analysis to explore, try, review and retry steps of electronic book making process. The main findings: There are four periods of electronic book making process, research occurrence period, curriculum design period, electronic book transformation period, and result evaluation period. The picture book included the White Stone Legend born from Seediq seniors, historical battle for hunting field between tribes, and concepts of approximation, angle, triangle, and quadrangle features. At last, with the research result, this article presents the corroboration of related works, and then proposes suggestions of electronic book teaching and follow-up studies.

Bonding Time or Solo Flight?: Picture Books, Comics, and the Independent Reader

The chaperoning theory distinguishes between comics and picture books based on the reading audience that each form anticipates. In this essay, we build on the chaperoning theory in order to examine two other emergent types of texts for children: first, early readers in comics form, and second, electronic picture books. The essay demonstrates how TOON Books, a recent and much-lauded publisher of early readers that use the visual grammar of comics, invokes skill-based leveling and standardized educational norms in order to encourage specific sorts of interactions among adult, child, and text. Second, we critically examine the conflicted professional literature on electronic picture books, pointing out how sentiment and ideology reinforce the now-standard resistance to electronic texts. Both early-reader comics and electronic picture books, we argue, challenge the traditional chaperoning role of adults in shaping the meaning of visual texts for children.

The effects of high/low interactive electronic storybooks on elementary school students’ reading motivation, story comprehension and chromatics concepts

Providing e-books does not automatically increase readers’ comprehension. E-books must be designed to facilitate students’ learning effects. We designed two versions (high/low interactive) of the electronic picture book titled “Color Monster’s Adventure,” which has a fantasy storyline and appealing art design, and embedded basic concepts of chromatology and color psychology. The low interactive e-book version contains only simple interactive buttons with narration, and the high interactive e-book version features the following three advanced functions: guidance, prompt and feedback. We conducted an experiment in a northern Taiwan elementary school with a total of 40 fourth-grade students. The results showed that the students in the high interaction group performed significantly better in reading motivation, story comprehension and chromatics concepts than their low interaction counterparts. We concluded by proposing a high interactive e-book model and providing suggestions regarding integrating proper scaffolding into designing the e-book content to improve students’ reading performance.

ポータブル版匂いと気流の空間分布提示装置

Here we report a portable wind/olfactory display system that can present a virtual airflow and/or odor source at an arbitrary position on a screen of a tablet computer. The system is named a smelling screen mini. As in our original-size smelling screen, airflows generated by four fans are made to impinge on each other, and thus, an airflow directed toward the user from a specified position on the screen is generated. By introducing odor vapor into the airflows, the odor distribution is as if odor vapor had been released from a certain position on the screen. However, it has been found that the airflows generated by the fans in the smelling screen mini are not properly impinging on each other and that the airflow directed toward the user is obliquely distorted. We have shown that the distortion is caused by the irregularities of the airflows from the fans. Experimental results are presented to show that the distortion of the airflow distribution can be effectively reduced by adding airflow straightening vanes and tapered flow paths to suppress the swirling motion of the airflows. The smelling screen mini can be used to add special effects to mobile games and electronic picture books.

Teaching With Interactive Picture E‐Books in Grades K–6

AbstractThis article presents general implications for using interactive electronic picture books in the classroom. The suggestions are rooted in research with middle grades readers in a tutoring setting and kindergarten through fourth‐grade classroom settings. Specific attention is given toward those features in eBooks that may distract, support, or extend comprehension. The article also addresses ways to familiarize students with multi‐touch tablet devices while encouraging students and teachers to transfer print‐based reading strategies to this new medium. In addition, the authors provide a framework for considering the relationship between interactive features in eBooks and students’ comprehension while establishing the need for more scaffolding of reading instruction when using ebooks.

A Study of Creative Thinking for Children's Picture Book Creation

This study discussed the application of the creative thinking teaching method to a 16-week basic design curriculum with 4 lecture hours per week provided by the Department of Commercial Design in a Technology University in Central Taiwan for the freshmen from Class B. Through individual discussions, the students’ individual differences in learning were considered when guiding them to perform paper-format picture book creation using their professional design abilities. Then documentary analysis was applied to collect, organize, and analyze related existing documents as references of this study. Finally, the students were asked to create an electronic picture book using computer graphics software and give an oral report. 2 teachers specialized in design were invited to score these works, in hopes of inspiring the students’ creativity and improving their practical abilities.

Evaluation of an Interactive Electronic Health Education Tool in Rural Afghanistan

Low education levels may limit community-based health worker (CHW) efforts in rural Afghanistan. In 2004, LeapFrog Enterprises and the United States Department of Health and Human Services developed the Afghan Family Health Book (AFHB), an interactive, electronic picture book, to communicate public health messages in rural Afghanistan. Changes in health knowledge among households exposed to the AFHB vs. CHWs were compared. From January-June 2005, baseline and follow-up panel surveys were administered in Pashto-speaking Laghman and Dari-speaking Kabul provinces. Within each province, an AFHB and a CHW district were randomly sampled using a stratified, 2-staged cluster sample design (total 98 clusters and 3,372 households). Surveys tested knowledge of 17 health domains at baseline and on follow-up at three months. For each domain, multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the effect of the AFHB on followup pass rates, controlling for demographics and differences in baseline knowledge. Both AFHB and CHW resulted in statistically significant changes in pass rates on follow-up, although there were greater gains among AFHB users for five domains among Pashto-speakers (micronutrients, malaria, sexually transmitted diseases, postpartum care, and breast-feeding) and seven domains among Dari-speakers (diet, malaria, mental health, birth-spacing, and prenatal/neonatal/postpartum care). Community-based health workers effected greater knowledge gains only for the Dari breast-feeding module. Participants favored CHW over the AFHB, which they found poorly translated and difficult to use. The AFHB has potential to improve public health knowledge among rural Afghans. Future efforts may benefit from involvement of local health agencies and the integration of interactive technology with traditional CHW approaches.

The Hubble library of electronic picturebooks

The Hubble library of electronic picturebooks

Development of an Electronic Picture Book of Molecules. IV

Development of an Electronic Picture Book of Molecules. IV