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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Just sticking your child in front of an educational TV program and leaving the room doesn't do much for their brain power, according to a new study. Researchers found children under the age of three cannot learn verbs from television programming without an adult present to reinforce concepts.
In the study conducted at Temple University and the University of Delaware, the researchers used modified clips from Sesame Beginnings that introduced new actions to the children whose ages ranged from 30 to 42 months. The primary focus was on learning verbs and how well the children could understand and apply the verb to different situations.
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Without an adult present to reinforce concepts the children under three could not learn or understand the meaning of the verbs directly from the program. When the child watched the program with an adult, whom was engaged, the child was able to learn and apply the verbs correctly. In contrast to the current trend, researchers also found that children over the age of three were able to watch the programming without an adult and still understand the verb later.
Learning verbs is difficult," Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Lefkowitz Professor of Psychology at Temple University and one of study's authors was quoted as saying, Young children need social support from adults to help them learn verbs from television. Watching on their own is not as 'educational' as watching with an engaged adult."
SOURCE: Child Development, September/October 2009
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