This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant ( 31700968 and 31771236 ) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ( CCNU20QN039 ).
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教育学院
摘要:
How educational media can support learning is a growing concern. This study examined the impact of age (4-year-olds vs. 6-year-olds) and informants (human vs. animal puppet vs. anthropomorphic language animal puppet) on children's animal knowledge learning and anthropomorphic generalization. A total of 210 children aged 4 and 6 participated. Children learned equally well from each of the three types of informants. Six-year-olds learned more than did 4-year-olds and were also more curious to learn more about the animal after watching the videos....