Featured publications
Sari, B., Takacs, Z. K., & Bus, A. G. (2017). What are we downloading for our children? Best-selling children’s apps in four European countries. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 1468798417744057.
Smeets, D. J., & Bus, A. G. (2012). Interactive electronic storybooks for kindergartners to promote vocabulary growth. Journal of experimental child psychology, 112(1), 36-55.
Smeets, D. J., & Bus, A. G. (2013). Picture storybooks go digital: Pros and cons. Reading instruction in the age of common core standards, 176-189.
Takacs, Z. K., Swart, E. K., & Bus, A. G. (2014). Can the computer replace the adult for storybook reading? A meta-analysis on the effects of multimedia stories as compared to sharing print stories with an adult. Frontiers in Psychology, 5.
Takacs, Z. K., Swart, E. K., & Bus, A. G. (2015). Benefits and pitfalls of multimedia and interactive features in technology-enhanced storybooks: A meta-analysis. Review of educational research, 85(4), 698-739.
Verhallen, M. J., & Bus, A. G. (2010). Low-income immigrant pupils learning vocabulary through digital picture storybooks. Journal of educational psychology, 102(1), 54.
Kucirkova, N. (2016). Personalisation: A theoretical possibility to reinvigorate children’s interest in storybook reading and facilitate greater book diversity. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 17(3), 304-316.
Kucirkova, N. (2017). Digital personalization in early childhood: Impact on childhood: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Kucirkova, N. (2017). How Can Digital Personal (ized) Books Enrich the Language Arts Curriculum? The Reading Teacher, 71(3), 275-284.
Kucirkova, N. (2017). An integrative framework for studying, designing and conceptualising interactivity in children’s digital books. British Educational Research Journal.
Kucirkova, N. (2017). iRPD—A framework for guiding design‐based research for iPad apps. British Journal of Educational Technology, 48(2), 598-610.
Kucirkova, N. (2018). A taxonomy and research framework for personalization in children’s literacy apps. Educational Media International, 55(3), 255-272.
Kucirkova, N., & Cremin, T. (2017). Personalised reading for pleasure with digital libraries: towards a pedagogy of practice and design. Cambridge Journal of Education, 1-19.
Kucirkova, N., & Flewitt, R. (2018). The future-gazing potential of digital personalization in young children’s reading: views from education professionals and app designers. Early Child Development and Care, 1-15
Kucirkova, N., & Littleton, K. (2016). The digital reading habits of children: A national survey of parents’ perceptions of and practices in relation to children’s reading for pleasure with print and digital books. In: London: Book Trust.
Kucirkova, N., Littleton, K., & Cremin, T. (2017). Young children’s reading for pleasure with digital books: six key facets of engagement. Cambridge Journal of Education, 47(1), 67-84.
Flanagan, E., & Hall, T. (2017). Digital ensemble: the ENaCT design‐based research framework for technology‐enhanced embodied assessment in English education. English in Education, 51(1), 76-99.
Flanagan, E. (2015). Digital ensemble: exploring the design of technology-enhanced learning to mobilise and augment students’ engagement with English literature (Doctoral dissertation).
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2332858419861085
Strouse, G. A., Newland, L. A., Mourlam, D. J. (in press). Educational and fun? Parent vs preschooler perceptions and co-use of digital and print media. AERA Open. Special Issue: Screens, Apps, and Digital Books for Young Children: The Promise of Multimedia. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419861085
https://drive.google.com/file/u/1/d/1jTbUtN5l1S8fHK2wCAFTsinUu-tG5N-C/view?usp=sharing
Troseth, G. L., Strouse, G. A., Flores, I., Stuckelman, Z. D., Russo Johnson, C. (2019). An enhanced eBook facilitates parent-child talk during shared reading by families of low socioeconomic status. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Special Issue. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2019.02.009
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00050/full
Strouse, G. A., Nyhout, A., & Ganea, P. A. (2018). The role of book features in young children’s transfer of information from picture books to real-world contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00050
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00677/full
Strouse, G. A., & Ganea, P. A. (2017). Parent-toddler behavior and language differ when reading electronic and print picture books. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. Research Topic: Touch Screens Touching Children’s Lives https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00677
Frederico, A. (2016). The future of the reader or the reader of the future: Children’s interactive picturebook apps and multiliteracies. Caderno de Letras da UFF, 26(52), 121–139.
Frederico, A. (2017). Children making meaning with story apps: A 4-year-old encounter with The Monster at the End of This Book. In Astrid Ensslin, Paweł Frelik, and Lisa Swanstrom (Eds.), Paradoxa: Small Screen Fictions, 29, 43–64.
(Book winner of the The N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature, by the Electronic Literature Organization)
Aliagas, C.; Matsumoto, M; Morgades, M.; Correro, C. Et al. (2017). Young Children (0-8) and Digital Technology. What changes in one Year? (Spain National Report). Publicado en el Dipòsit Digital UAM
Matsumoto, M; Aliagas, C.; Morgades, M.; Correro, C. Et al. (2016). Young Children (0-8) and Digital Technology. A qualitative exploratory study. National Report, Spain. Publicado en el Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Rees, K., Nadig, A., & Rvachew, S. (2017). Story-related discourse by parent-child dyads: A comparison of typically developing children with language impairments reading print books and e-books. International Journal of Child-Computer Interactions, 12, 16-23.
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Rvachew, S., Rees, K., Carolan, E., & Nadig, A. (2017). Improving emergent literacy with school-based shared reading: Paper versus ebooks. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 12, 24-2
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ALIAGAS, Cristina & MARGALLO, Ana María (2017). Children’s responses to the interactivity of e-storybooks in family shared reading events involving the iPad. Literacy 51: 44-52.
Hoel, T., & Tønnessen, E. S. (2019). Organizing Shared Digital Reading in Groups: Optimizing the Affordances of Text and Medium. AERA Open, 5(4), 2332858419883822.
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Eng, C. M., Tomasic, A. S., & Thiessen, E. D. (2019). Contingent responsivity in E-books modeled from quality adult-child interactions: Effects on children’s learning and attention. Developmental Psychology.
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Touch to Read: Investigating the Readers’ Interaction Experience in Mediated Reading with Story Apps
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DissertationManuscript-LoriBruner , University of Alabama
A mixed-methods study that examined the affordances of interactive storybook apps for young children’s vocabulary development.
Strouse, G. A., Troseth, G. L., & Stuckelman, Z. D. (2023). Page and screen: Storybook features that promote parent-child talk during shared reading. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 86, 101522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101522