Fang Jie, Hu Jiangbo, Wang Fen, Yan Congcong, Zhang Hui
Hangzhou College of Preschool Teacher Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China.
Macquarie School of Education, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Front Psychol. 2021 Jan 15;11:609171. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.609171. eCollection 2020.
This study created a motion graphic (MG) animation about the danger of snakes within a story telling structure, which is different from a traditional science animation that relies on explanatory language to explain the scientific concept. The effects of the two types of animations on children's attentional perception on snakes were compared by an inattentional blindness (IB) task. Three groups of children undertook the IB task with one control group who did not watch the animation and the other two groups who watched the MG and the traditional styled animation, respectively in advance. The results showed that: (1) Children who watched the animation were significantly more likely to detect the unexpected snake images in the IB task than those who did not watch the animation; (2) Children who watched the MG animation showed a higher detection rate on the snake images than those who watched the traditional animation. The findings indicate that the intervention of animation would increase children's attentional perception on the key concepts significantly. The MG animation has more impact than the traditional animation on children's attentional perception on the key information. This study demonstrates that MG animation may have a significant value in promoting science education for young children that merits further explorations in depth.
本研究在故事叙述结构中创作了一部关于蛇的危险性的动态图形（MG）动画，这与传统的科学动画不同，传统科学动画依靠解释性语言来阐释科学概念。通过一项无意视盲（IB）任务，比较了这两种类型的动画对儿童对蛇的注意力感知的影响。三组儿童参与了IB任务，一组为对照组，不观看动画，另外两组分别提前观看MG动画和传统风格的动画。结果表明：（1）观看动画的儿童在IB任务中比未观看动画的儿童更有可能检测到意外出现的蛇的图像；（2）观看MG动画的儿童对蛇的图像的检测率高于观看传统动画的儿童。研究结果表明，动画干预会显著提高儿童对关键概念的注意力感知。MG动画对儿童对关键信息的注意力感知的影响比传统动画更大。本研究表明，MG动画在促进幼儿科学教育方面可能具有重要价值，值得进一步深入探索。
