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Montazami, Armaghan; Pearson, Heather Ann; Dubé, Adam Kenneth; Kacmaz, Gulsah; Wen, Run; Alam, Sabrina Shajeen – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
Educational apps can be considered a dominant medium for providing educational content to children. Parents are major stakeholders and mediators in the selection of apps (Dias & Brito, 2021). It is critical to know how they choose apps for their children and understand what indicates a quality educational app, as well-designed apps can support…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Parents
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Outhwaite, Laura A.; Early, Erin; Herodotou, Christothea; Van Herwegen, Jo – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2023
Educational applications (apps) are ubiquitous within children's learning environments and emerging evidence has demonstrated their efficacy. However, it remains unclear what the active ingredients (ie, mechanisms), or combination of ingredients, of successful maths apps are. The current study developed a new, open-access, three-step framework for…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Oriented Programs, Mathematics Education, Early Childhood Education
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Kahn, Ken; Winters, Niall – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
Constructionism, long before it had a name, was intimately tied to the field of Artificial Intelligence. Soon after the birth of Logo at BBN, Seymour Papert set up the Logo Group as part of the MIT AI Lab. Logo was based upon Lisp, the first prominent AI programming language. Many early Logo activities involved natural language processing,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Man Machine Systems, Programming Languages, Programming
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Callaghan, Melissa N.; Reich, Stephanie M. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
Guiding hints and challenge can help scaffold learners to progress beyond what they would achieve independently. The interactive and adaptive capabilities of mobile devices allow educational applications (apps) to support learning through scaffolding designs. However, little research has tested the effects of scaffolding features in apps on young…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Preschool Education
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Huntington, Bethany; Goulding, James; Pitchford, Nicola J. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2023
Interactive apps are commonly used to support the acquisition of foundational skills. Yet little is known about how pedagogical features of such apps affect learning outcomes, attainment and motivation--particularly when deployed in lower-income contexts, where educational gains are most needed. In this study, we analyse which app features are…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Interaction, Foreign Countries, Out of School Youth