“The screen shows movement – movement is interesting!” exploring effects of multimedia stories on preschool children’s story comprehension and enjoyment

Purpose Using multimedia and print storybooks, the purpose of this paper is to compare preschool children’s reading engagement with and without adult support. Design/methodology/approach A within-subject design is used to explore the effects of multimedia stories in supporting preschool children’s story comprehension and reading enjoyment. A total of 24 children aged five to six years old from a local preschool in Taiwan participated in the...