A Tablet Computer for Young Children? Exploring Its Viability for Early Childhood Education

Autor/inn/en	Couse, Leslie J.; Chen, Dora W.
Titel	A Tablet Computer for Young Children? Exploring Its Viability for Early Childhood Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 43 (2010) 1, S.75-98 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-1523
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Preschool Children; Computer Uses in Education; Educational Technology; Young Children; Age Differences; Freehand Drawing; Computer Literacy; Technology Integration; Recall (Psychology); Focus Groups; Teacher Attitudes; Affective Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Computernutzung; Unterrichtsmedien; Frühe Kindheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Drawing; Zeichnen; Computerkenntnisse; Abberufung; Lehrerverhalten; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung
Abstract	This study explored the viability of tablet computers in early education by investigating preschool children's ease in acclimating to tablet technology and its defectiveness in engaging them to draw. A total of 41 three- to six-year-old children were videotaped while they used the tablets. The study found significant differences in level of tablet use between sessions, and engagement increased with age. Teachers reported high child interest and drawings as typical to above expectation. Children quickly developed ease with the stylus for drawing. Although technical issues in learning this new technology were encountered, children were interested and persisted without frustration. What seems to matter for children's learning is the ways teachers choose to implement this technology. (Contains 5 tables and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10