Preschoolers benefit more from the tablet game than toddlers (cross-experiment comparison)¶

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q3 i? Across experiments, preschoolers showed greater total gain than toddlers (r = -0.51), and Study groups showed greater total gain than Controls (r = -0.22). → Peña 2024

Evidence¶

Peña 2024¶

Peña, M., Vásquez-Venegas, C., Cortés, P., Pittaluga, E., Herrera, M., Pino, E. J., Escobar, R. G., Dehaene-Lambertz, G., & Guevara, P. (2024). A brief tablet-based intervention benefits linguistic and communicative abilities in toddlers and preschoolers. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00249-3

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Cross-experiment analysis pooling standardized total gains (ASQ-3 Communication + CDI Adverbs/Verbs in Exp 1; TECAL Vocabulary + TECAL total in Exp 2) via Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test. "toddlers showed less total gain than preschoolers (Z = −8.00, P < 0.001, r = −0.51)" and Group main effect r = -0.22.

"We found a main effect of Group (Z = −3.56, P < 0.001, r = −0.22), as the Control groups showed less total gain than the Study groups. A main effect of Experiment was also found, as toddlers showed less total gain than preschoolers (Z = −8.00, P < 0.001, r = −0.51)."

Discussion¶

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