Mere home access to computers did not sustain young children's interest, which declined for home-only users¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Children with computer access only at home showed decreases in the percentage of responses nominating computers across all activities-related questions, while home-and-school and school-only groups showed increases. → Hatzigianni 2014

Evidence¶

Hatzigianni 2014¶

Hatzigianni, M. (2014). 'I like computers but my favourite is playing outside with my friends': Young children's beliefs about computers. International Research in Early Childhood Education, 5(1). https://www.education.monash.edu.au/irecejournal/

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Descriptive differentiation of responses across four computer-access sub-groups ('home and school', 'school', 'home', 'no') pre- and post-intervention. Home-only children decreased on all activities-related computer responses; no-access children were stable; home-and-school and school groups increased.

"children who had computer access only at 'home' showed decreases in the percentage of responses nominating 'computers' (in all the ' activities related questions') and children with 'no' computer access showed stable results in post-intervention (Table 2)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Access — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Children in the seven-month computer intervention reported more positive computer attitudes post-intervention, including doubled confidence — related
• Young children rank sports and playing outside with friends, not computers, as their favourite activity at home and at school — related