We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Dialogue with a conversational agent promotes children's story comprehension via enhancing engagement.
- Authors
Xu, Ying; Aubele, Joseph; Vigil, Valery; Bustamante, Andres S.; Kim, Young‐Suk; Warschauer, Mark
- Abstract
Dialogic reading, when children are read a storybook and engaged in relevant conversation, is a powerful strategy for fostering language development. With the development of artificial intelligence, conversational agents can engage children in elements of dialogic reading. This study examined whether a conversational agent can improve children's story comprehension and engagement, as compared to an adult reading partner. Using a 2 (dialogic reading or non‐dialogic reading) × 2 (agent or human) factorial design, a total of 117 three‐ to six‐year‐olds (50% Female, 37% White, 31% Asian, 21% multi‐ethnic) were randomly assigned into one of the four conditions. Results revealed that a conversational agent can replicate the benefits of dialogic reading with a human partner by enhancing children's narrative‐relevant vocalizations, reducing irrelevant vocalizations, and improving story comprehension.
- Subjects
PRESCHOOL children; READING comprehension; HUMAN-artificial intelligence interaction; ENGAGED reading; CHILDREN'S language; READING (Preschool); DIALOGICS
- Publication
Child Development, 2022, Vol 93, Issue 2, pe149
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cdev.13708