Getting the message across: A study of television genre effectiveness on preschool learning
Date of Publication
2008
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology
Subject Categories
Psychology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Psychology
Defense Panel Member
Elena Morada
Abstract/Summary
The study intended to measure the effectiveness of television genres to preschool children's learning of safety rules. Ten safety rules were depicted using an animated cartoon, with a humorous and violent genres. A number of one-hundred-twenty preschool children, ages four to five, sixty coming from private schools and sixty from public schools, participated in the study. Results showed that (1) the violent proved more effective than the humorous genre in the preschool children's learning of safety rules (2) type of school presented a significant difference in their mean scores. Data also revealed that (3) there was an interaction effect between the type of school and the genre specifically the violent-public condition In terms of memory retention of learned safety rules, (4) children were able to retain the learned Safety Rules.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU14017
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
94 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
Keywords
Television and children; Television in preschool education
Recommended Citation
Navarro, E., Pascual, M., & Tolentino, F. (2008). Getting the message across: A study of television genre effectiveness on preschool learning. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/9259
