Learning Apps at Home Prepare Children for School
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| Title: | Learning Apps at Home Prepare Children for School |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Frank Niklas (ORCID |
| Source: | Child Development. 2025 96(2):577-590. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Kindergarten Primary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Tablet Computers, Computer Software, Computer Oriented Programs, Mathematics Education, Literacy Education, Kindergarten, Young Children, Intervention, School Readiness |
| Geographic Terms: | Germany |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.14184 |
| ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
| 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)[subscript age] = 61.0 (4.6) months; n[female gender symbol] = 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 (n[superscript 2] = 0.03-0.10). Higher app usage was associated with greater gains ([delta]R[superscript 2] = 0.01-0.02). Consequently, an easy-to-apply app-based intervention supports children's development of cognitive competencies and helps prepare them for school. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1461455 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| 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)[subscript age] = 61.0 (4.6) months; n[female gender symbol] = 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 (n[superscript 2] = 0.03-0.10). Higher app usage was associated with greater gains ([delta]R[superscript 2] = 0.01-0.02). Consequently, an easy-to-apply app-based intervention supports children's development of cognitive competencies and helps prepare them for school. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.14184 |
