Browsing UiS Brage by Author "Bus, Adriana Gerarda"
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Beyond Screen Time: A Synergistic Approach to a More Comprehensive Assessment of Family Media Exposure During Early Childhood
Barr, Rachel; Kirkorian, Heather; Radesky, Jenny; Coyne, Sarah; Nichols, Deborah; Blanchfield, Olivia; Rusnak, Sylvia; Stockdale, Laura; Ribner, Andy; Durnez, Joke; Epstein, Mollie; Heimann, Mikael; Koch, Felix-Sebastian; Sundqvist, Annette; Birberg-Thornberg, Ulrika; Konrad, Carolin; Slussareff, Michaela; Bus, Adriana Gerarda; Bellagamba, Francesca; Fitzpatrick, Caroline (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Digital media availability has surged over the past decade. Because of a lack of comprehensive measurement tools, this rapid growth in access to digital media is accompanied by a scarcity of research examining the family ... -
Bilingual children’s visual attention while reading digital picture books and story retelling
Sun, He; Roberts, Adam Charles; Bus, Adriana Gerarda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12)This study examined Mandarin–English bilingual children’s visual attention over repetitive readings of Mandarin enhanced digital books and static books as well as the effects visual attention has on story retelling. We ... -
Building a Stronger Case for Independent Reading at School
Bus, Adriana Gerarda; Shang, Yi; Roskos, Kathleen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The effectiveness of incorporating independent reading practice in schools has long been a subject of uncertainty. To shed light on this ongoing debate, this meta-analysis seeks to investigate the impact of in-school ... -
Do Book Giveaway Programs Promote the Home Literacy Environment and Children’s Literacy-Related Behavior and Skills?
Bondt, Merel de; Willenberg, Ingrid A.; Bus, Adriana Gerarda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05)Book giveaway programs provide free books to families with infants to encourage caregivers to begin reading to their children during infancy. This meta-analysis of 44 studies retrieved from 43 articles tests the effects ... -
Efficacy of digital picture book enhancements grounded in multimedia learning principles: Dependent on age?
Li, Xuan; Bus, Adriana Gerarda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We designed an experiment with stratified randomization to investigate the effects of visual and auditory enhancements in digital picture books on comprehension and incidental word learning. Participants were 183 children ... -
Free access to multilingual digital books: a tool to increase book reading?
Bus, Adriana Gerarda; Broekhof, Kees; Vaessen, Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The objective of the study was to examine how providing access to multilingual digital picture books affected the reading habits and language development of children from bilingual families. The study included 41 children ... -
Personalized expert guidance of students’ book choices in primary and secondary education
Sande, Lisa van der; Wildeman, Ilona; Bus, Adriana Gerarda; Steensel, Roel van (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-05)In many schools, independent silent reading of self-selected books is used to promote reading. However, self-selection may be insufficient to counter negative reading experiences, particularly when students choose books ... -
Toward Digital Picture Books for a New Generation of Emergent Readers
Bus, Adriana Gerarda; Anstadt, Rosalie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12)The study tests the efficacy of a new sort of digital picture book. It includes camera movements to guide children’s visual attention through the pictures and the possibility to control page-turning and the pace at which ... -
Tracking the long-term effects of the Bookstart intervention : Associations with temperament and book-reading habits
Bondt, Merel de; Bus, Adriana Gerarda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This study tested whether Bookstart – a program promoting book reading in infancy – continues to have an impact well into Kindergarten. We distinguished between children who were more or less challenging to read to in ...