TY - GEN
T1 - Revealing and mediating young children's memory and social cognition through digital photo journals
AU - Ching, Cynthia Carter
AU - Wang, X. Christine
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This study examines children's construction of digital photo journals and how this activity both mediates and reveals basic characteristics of their memory and social cognitive development. Twenty-one k/1st students created photo journals using a digital camera and iPhoto software. When children talked about their pictures and created captions for their journals, they demonstrated different kinds of autobiographical memory, as well as revealing gender-specific social views. First-graders showed greater awareness of their own memory capability (metamemory) in talking about their pictures than kindergarteners. Digital images seemed to present a relatively immediate yet imperfect or incomplete reminder that encouraged children's elaboration. Besides the process of journal construction, the contents of children's journals also reveal aspects of memory and social cognition that expand our existing knowledge in these areas.
AB - This study examines children's construction of digital photo journals and how this activity both mediates and reveals basic characteristics of their memory and social cognitive development. Twenty-one k/1st students created photo journals using a digital camera and iPhoto software. When children talked about their pictures and created captions for their journals, they demonstrated different kinds of autobiographical memory, as well as revealing gender-specific social views. First-graders showed greater awareness of their own memory capability (metamemory) in talking about their pictures than kindergarteners. Digital images seemed to present a relatively immediate yet imperfect or incomplete reminder that encouraged children's elaboration. Besides the process of journal construction, the contents of children's journals also reveal aspects of memory and social cognition that expand our existing knowledge in these areas.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84884394088
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84884394088
SN - 0805861742
SN - 9780805861747
T3 - ICLS 2006 - International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Proceedings
SP - 85
EP - 91
BT - ICLS 2006 - International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Proceedings
T2 - 7th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2006
Y2 - 27 June 2006 through 1 July 2006
ER -