Investigating video as a means to promote vocabulary for at-risk children

Two studies on the role of video on vocabulary learning were conducted in kindergarten classrooms with substantial numbers of children from low-income and Dual Language Learning (DLL) backgrounds. In the first study ( n  = 78), the effect of video viewing was compared with the effect of book reading on vocabulary learning. In the second study ( n  = 89), the effect of repeated viewing of video was compared with the effect of single viewing of...