{"id":34,"date":"2015-03-03T15:26:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T15:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/?p=34"},"modified":"2015-03-03T15:27:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T15:27:35","slug":"encouraging-children-to-act-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/2015\/03\/03\/encouraging-children-to-act-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging Children to Act Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to aging and dementia, the Rusted Lab is curious about the development of children and how it compares to the aging process later on in life. Molly Berenhaus, a second year PhD student and devoted member of the Rusted lab, is currently looking at the benefits of action (e.g., hand movements) and externalisation (e.g., creating a storyboard) on children\u2019s understanding and appreciation of short stories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/files\/2015\/03\/storyboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-35 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/files\/2015\/03\/storyboard.png\" alt=\"storyboard\" width=\"305\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/files\/2015\/03\/storyboard.png 292w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/files\/2015\/03\/storyboard-100x86.png 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/files\/2015\/03\/storyboard-150x129.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/files\/2015\/03\/storyboard-200x172.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>Storyboard illustration-work of illustrator Natalie Hobbons<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Over the course of this academic year, Molly has been working with children in year 5 at a local primary school to investigate the benefits of two strategies on reading comprehension processes. Specifically she\u2019s comparing the benefits of encouraging children to construct a visual representation of a short story (\u201cStoryboard Construction\u201d) using plastic cut-outs to the benefits of encouraging children to act out a short story (\u201cActive Experiencing\u201d) using different voices and hand movements. Both strategies have been found to help children understand what they\u2019re reading (and enjoy doing it!) but now we have to find out what specific aspects of a story they help children understand (The layout of the scene? Information about the protagonist?). Molly\u2019s research is interested in just that!<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, please contact Molly at m.berenhaus@sussex.ac.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to aging and dementia, the Rusted Lab is curious about the development of children and how it compares to the aging process later on in life. Molly Berenhaus, a second year PhD student and devoted member of the<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/2015\/03\/03\/encouraging-children-to-act-out\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[84370,92282,90342,92560,97085,83973,59231,91975],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5XslT-y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/jrustedlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}