Over 70% of participants in the field and station studies rated the app a 4 or 5 for supporting children's science learning¶
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q2 i? Over 70% of participants rated the app a 4 or 5 on a 1-5 scale of how much it supports them to help children learn about science. → Digital Promise 2021
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Digital Promise 2021¶
Digital Promise, The Jim Henson Company, Concord Evaluation Group, & Curious Media. (2021). Designing an app to support families' joint engagement with media: Design principles and lessons from research. [White Paper]. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/121
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Across the field study and station study, parents and caregivers rated app helpfulness on a 1-5 scale. The report states "over 70% of participants rated it a 4 or 5." Descriptive percentage; no effect size printed.
"when parents and caregivers in the field study and station study were asked to rate on a scale of 1 (not very helpful) to 5 (very helpful) how much they think the app supports them to help children learn about science, over 70% of participants rated it a 4 or 5."
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Related Claims¶
- Nearly all participating families reported using the Splash and Bubbles for Parents app and found it helpful for supporting children's science learning — related
- In interviews, families who used the app's features more extensively seemed to have better internalized its purpose, and those who explored it most reported stronger self-reported changes in joint media engagement and science — related
- Most families used the Activities section and rated it highly helpful, with many completing two or more activities — related
- Attrition in the station study was higher than expected, and partial-data families rated app components slightly lower than complete-data families — related
- The Splash and Bubbles show was positively received, with most families reporting children enjoyed it and learned ocean science concepts — related
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Over 70% of participants in the field and station studies rated the app a 4 or 5 for supporting children's science learning |
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Over 70% of participants in the field and station studies rated the app a 4 or 5 for supporting children's science learning |
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