WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT:Previous study results have suggested a longitudinal association between entertainment television and later attention problems.
WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:Using a controlled experimental design, this study found that preschool-aged children were significantly impaired in executive function immediately after watching just 9 minutes of a popular fast-paced television show relative to after watching educational television or drawing.abstract OBJECTIVE: The goal of this research was to study whether a fastpaced television show immediately influences preschool-aged children's executive function (eg, self-regulation, working memory).
METHODS:Sixty 4-year-olds were randomly assigned to watch a fastpaced television cartoon or an educational cartoon or draw for 9 minutes. They were then given 4 tasks tapping executive function, including the classic delay-of-gratification and Tower of Hanoi tasks. Parents completed surveys regarding television viewing and child's attention.
RESULTS:Children who watched the fast-paced television cartoon performed significantly worse on the executive function tasks than children in the other 2 groups when controlling for child attention, age, and television exposure.CONCLUSIONS: Just 9 minutes of viewing a fast-paced television cartoon had immediate negative effects on 4-year-olds' executive function. Parents should be aware that fast-paced television shows could at least temporarily impair young children's executive function.
This descriptive study aimed to examine baccalaureate student psychomotor skill performance when given different methods of pre-skill lab preparation materials in a flipped classroom environment. Students utilized either a narrated video demonstration of the skill or a skill instruction sheet with photographic images as lab preparation materials. Psychomotor skill performance of insulin pen administration was evaluated. Results suggest the type of preparation methods used with the flipped classroom pedagogy does not significantly affect student performance on psychomotor skill acquisition.
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