ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study is to analysis the effect on the child's understanding of story structure during young children's integrated literature Activity.
48 young children were chosen and randomly divided into an experimental group,a compari...
ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study is to analysis the effect on the child's understanding of story structure during young children's integrated literature Activity.
48 young children were chosen and randomly divided into an experimental group,a comparison group and a control group. The children in the experimental group who engaged in a integrated literature Activity interacted with their teacher rather freely. The teacher organized the environment and encouraged metacommunication between children by allowing spontanous dramatic play. The comparision group children also participated in a integrated literature Activity but under the teacher's direction.
They followed what thor teacher suggested doing after they listented to the story. The children in the control group only heard the stories, which were the same as these of the comparision and the control groups.
The experiment was performed for 12 weeks from June 16.1994 to
Swmtember 2. The effects of the child-teacher interaction while children engaged in a integrated literature Activity were tested at the 4th,8th,and 12th week during the experiment.
ANCOVA was employed for statistical treatment.
The results are as follows:
The experimental group children's ability to comprehend the story structure and their ability to infer was significantly improved.