Narrating a video story in three-to six-year-olds: Story comprehension and story retelling

Yi Fang Hung, Chien Ju Chang*

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    Abstract

    The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of and relationship among information received, story comprehension, and story retelling abilities in three- to six-year-old preschool children in a video story retelling task. Twenty-five three- to six-year-old children were asked to watch a short cartoon video and the children’s performance in story comprehension and story-telling during and after the video were analyzed. The results revealed that five- and six-year-old children had significantly better abilities in information received, story comprehension and story retelling than three-year-old children. Children’s performance in information received, story comprehension, and story retelling were also found to be significantly interrelated. Besides, structural elements of initiating events and consequences occurred most frequently in story retelling. Discussion about the results and suggestions for future research are provided.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)567-590
    Number of pages24
    JournalBulletin of Educational Psychology
    Volume48
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Keywords

    • Comprehension
    • Preschool children narrative
    • Story comprehension
    • Video story retelling

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Education
    • Developmental and Educational Psychology

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