Learning apps at home prepare children for school

IF 3.9 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Child development Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI:10.1111/cdev.14184

Frank Niklas, Efsun Birtwistle, Anna Mues, Astrid Wirth

引用次数: 0

Abstract

The usage of high‐quality learning applications (apps) at home may increase children's mathematical and literacy competencies. This approach was tested in a family intervention study. Intervention families (n = 302) in two German cohorts (N = 500; M (SD)age = 61.0 (4.6) months; n♀ = 302) received tablets with newly developed learning apps focusing either on mathematical or literacy learning for every‐day usage at home across half a kindergarten year. Compared with two control groups with and without tablets, children in the intervention groups significantly enhanced their specific competencies (η2 = .03–.10). Higher app usage was associated with greater gains (ΔR2 = .01–.02). Consequently, an easy‐to‐apply app‐based intervention supports children's development of cognitive competencies and helps prepare them for school.

查看原文本刊更多论文

家庭学习应用程序为儿童入学做好准备

在家中使用高质量的学习应用程序（Apps）可以提高儿童的数学和读写能力。这一方法在一项家庭干预研究中得到了验证。两组德国家庭（N = 500；M (SD)age = 61.0 (4.6) months；n♀ = 302）中的干预家庭（n = 302）在幼儿园的半年时间里，每天在家都会收到装有新开发的学习应用程序的平板电脑，这些应用程序侧重于数学或识字学习。与使用和不使用平板电脑的两个对照组相比，干预组的儿童显著提高了他们的特定能力（η2 = .03-.10）。更多使用应用程序与更大的进步相关（ΔR2 = .01-.02）。因此，一种易于应用的基于应用程序的干预措施有助于儿童认知能力的发展，并帮助他们为入学做好准备。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Child development Multiple-

CiteScore

9.20

自引率

4.30%

发文量

149

期刊介绍： As the flagship journal of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Child Development has published articles, essays, reviews, and tutorials on various topics in the field of child development since 1930. Spanning many disciplines, the journal provides the latest research, not only for researchers and theoreticians, but also for child psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers, specialists in early childhood education, educational psychologists, special education teachers, and other researchers. In addition to six issues per year of Child Development, subscribers to the journal also receive a full subscription to Child Development Perspectives and Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.