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Children's Response Accuracy: Examining the Effect of Activity Engagement, Age, Language Proficiency, and Time Elapse

Authors :
Mehdi Mehranirad
Nahid Basafa
Reza Zabihi
Source :
Early Child Development and Care. 2024 194(4):587-596.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the effect of activity engagement, age, language proficiency, and time elapse on children's response accuracy to adult's questions. A total of 70, 3- to 6-year-old children participated in the study, engaging in a story-telling activity, a proficiency test, and two interviews. Additionally, 57 of these children participated in a delayed interview about the same event one week later. The findings indicated that children's language proficiency has a significant impact on the accuracy of their answers. Moreover, age appeared to contribute to children's response accuracy. However, children's activity engagement and the one-week time elapse did not significantly influence the accuracy of their recall. Results suggest that interviewers should consider children's age and linguistic proficiency levels while conducting interviews. This research contributes to the existing literature on factors affecting children's response accuracy.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0300-4430 and 1476-8275
Volume :
194
Issue :
4
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Early Child Development and Care
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ1425406
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2024.2343908