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Word learning from a touchscreen app: 30-month-olds perform better in a passive context ...
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Tablet computers are becoming increasingly popular: In 2016, 78 % of American households with children had a tablet at home, while 42 % of children had a tablet computer of their own (Rideout, 2017). At the same time, educational apps are a growing market that lures parents with bold claims of boosting children’s learning in various domains. The majority of apps targeted at toddlers and pre-schoolers has not undergone formal evaluation (Hirsh-Pasek et al., 2015). Nevertheless, at least 80% of parents report having downloaded apps for their children (Rideout, 2017). Recent work (Kirkorian, Choi, & Pempek, 2016; Partridge, McGovern, Yung, & Kidd, 2015; Russo-Johnson, Troseth, Duncan, & Mesghina, 2017) has shown that children can indeed learn new words from a tablet app. Crucially, older children have been shown to benefit from active learning in touchscreen contexts (Partridge, McGovern, Yung, & Kidd, 2015), while interactivity seemed to impede learning in younger children (Kirkorian, Choi, ...
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179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified; 200499 Linguistics not elsewhere classified; Developmental and Educational Psychology; FOS Languages and literature; FOS Psychology; Linguistics
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URL: https://figshare.com/articles/Word_learning_from_a_touchscreen_app_30-month-olds_perform_better_in_a_passive_context/8313824/1
https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.8313824.v1
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