An evaluation of educational apps for preschool-age children in Android and iOS

Anastasia Strataki
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Applications (apps) available as educational in digital app stores for preschoolers claim that they offer to learn content on a wide range of basic academic skills, including counting, reading, and pattern recognition. This research aimed to investigate the educational quality of a range of educational applications for Android and iOS Operating Systems aimed at preschool-age children, i.e., children from 3 to 5 years old. The evaluation was done using two scientific tools: the rubrics published by Lee & Cherner entitled "A Comprehensive Evaluation Rubric for Assessing Instructional Apps" and by Papadakis, Kalogiannakis & Zaranis entitled "Designing and creating an educational app rubric for preschool teachers". The research results showed that most proclaimed educational applications did not have a real educational value. Research extensions are discussed.
对Android和iOS上学龄前儿童教育应用程序的评估
数字应用商店中为学龄前儿童提供的教育应用程序(app)声称,它们提供了广泛的基本学术技能学习内容,包括计数、阅读和模式识别。本研究旨在调查针对学龄前儿童(即3 - 5岁的儿童)的一系列Android和iOS操作系统的教育应用程序的教育质量。评估使用了两种科学工具:由Lee & Cherner出版的题为“评估教学应用程序的综合评估标准”的标准,以及由Papadakis, Kalogiannakis和Zaranis出版的题为“为幼儿教师设计和创建教育应用程序标准”的标准。研究结果表明,大多数宣称的教育应用并不具有真正的教育价值。讨论了研究的延伸。
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