The review corpus comprised 88 studies from 2661 screened records, mostly in formal school contexts, spanning quantitative, qualitative and mixed methodologies¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Systematic searches of seven databases identified 2661 records, of which 308 reached full-text screening and 88 met eligibility criteria; most studies were set in formal learning contexts (73, 82.9%). → J. Harverson 2026

Evidence¶

J. Harverson 2026¶

J. Harverson, C. Zomer, C. Chu, S. Horwood, M. Horwood, M. Nicholas, L. Paatsch. (2026). Children's engagement with digital technology in educational spaces: A scoping review. Computers & Education 240 (2026) 105454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105454

q2 · i? · review · r2

PRISMA-documented study selection in the scoping review, following PRISMA-ScR guidelines with searches of Web of Science, Scopus, PsycInfo, MEDLINE, ERIC, EMBASE and CINAHL up to September 30, 2024. The review reports "In total, 2661 records were identified, with 308 reaching full text screening" and 88 included; Table 2 shows 73 studies (82.9%) in formal learning contexts.

"In total, 2661 records were identified, with 308 reaching full text screening. A final sample of 88 records were assessed as meeting eligibility requirements and were included in the review"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• The corpus of the review comprised fifty-seven high-quality articles published between 2010 and 2017 that met stringent selection criteria — related