Production Features for Intrinsically Interesting Learning Environments

Production features that attract children’s interest and that foster their learning are examined. Action, involving movement, is put forth as a feature that is developmentally appropriate for young children, for boys, and for developmentally delayed children, in part because these groups may well be visual processors. Music is a motivating feature for girls though its effects on learning are less clear. Knowledge about how children learn from new media is linked to the creation of intrinsically interesting environments that can engage children to think and learn as they are being entertained.