Nearly all participating families reported using the Splash and Bubbles for Parents app and found it helpful for supporting children's science learning¶
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q2 i? 96.55% of participating families reported using the app, and 96.55% of families in interviews thought the app helped them and their children learn science and have rich conversations. → Leones 2021
q2 i? All survey participants rated the app a 4 (46.4%) or 5 (53.6%) on a 1-5 scale of how much it supports parents to help children learn about science. → Leones 2021 (2)
Evidence¶
Leones 2021¶
Leones, T., Kamdar, D., Huynh, K., Gedney, M., & Dominguez, X. (2021). Splash and Bubbles for Parents App: Station Study Report [Project Report]. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/120
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Survey and interview data from the complete data sample in the station study (the 29 families who completed both the survey and the interview). App use (96.55%) comes from the survey; the one family not reporting use at survey later reported using the app during the interview, perhaps indicating they tried it after the survey. The helpfulness figure comes from the interviews: "Almost all (96.55%) families thought the app helped them and their child/children learn science and have rich conversations."
"Almost all (96.55%) of the participating families reported using the app in the survey. The one parent/caregiver that indicated not using the app in the survey subsequently reported using the app and some of its features during the interview"
Leones 2021 (2)¶
Leones, T., Kamdar, D., Huynh, K., Gedney, M., & Dominguez, X. (2021). Splash and Bubbles for Parents App: Station Study Report [Project Report]. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/120
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Survey ratings on a 1 (not very helpful) to 5 (very helpful) scale of app support for parents helping children learn science, plus confidence in science talk after app use. These are descriptive percentages with no inferential test.
"All participants rated the app either a 4 (46.4%) or a 5 (53.6%). Most families also agreed (64.3%) or strongly agreed (25%) that after using the Splash and Bubbles for Parents app, they felt more confident engaging in science talk with their child."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- 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 — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Families used multiple sections of the Splash and Bubbles for Parents app, with Dive In the most used and Let's Talk About It conversation starters rated most helpful within it — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Families showed widespread variability in which Ocean Guide and Activities components they found most helpful, often citing child age and interest — related
- Sync feature uptake declined between survey and interview, with non-users citing unawareness, technical difficulties, or single-device viewing — related
- The Splash and Bubbles show was positively received, with most families reporting children enjoyed it and learned ocean science concepts — related
- Attrition in the station study was higher than expected, and partial-data families rated app components slightly lower than complete-data families — related
- Most families in the station study co-viewed the Splash and Bubbles show with an adult rather than watching alone — related
- Children in the intervention group initiated a higher proportion of science-related conversations before and after episode viewing than comparison children — related
- Families who used the app's features more extensively reported stronger changes in joint media engagement and science — related
- In an out-of-the-box evaluation, 60% of parents accessed video clips and 52% accessed activities without prompting or instruction — related
- Over 70% of participants in the field and station studies rated the app a 4 or 5 for supporting children's science learning — related
- 89.28% of parents reported the app was very or somewhat different from other apps they have used — related
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Nearly all participating families reported using the Splash and Bubbles for Parents app and found it helpful for supporting children's science learning |
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Nearly all participating families reported using the Splash and Bubbles for Parents app and found it helpful for supporting children's science learning |
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2021 |
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2026-10-15 |
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2 — leones-2021, leones-2021-2 |
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