ERIC Number: EJ1377568
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Publication Date: 2023-May
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Analysing Moderators and Critical Factors That Affect Early Childhood Education with the Usage of Touchscreen Contrivances: A Hybrid Fuzzy AHP-Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach
Kukreja, Vinay; Jain, Anuj Kumar; Singh, Amitoj; Kaushal, Rajesh Kumar; Aggarwal, Arun
Education and Information Technologies, v28 n5 p5621-5650 May 2023
Context: In the children's education process, not only children but parents, educators, and teachers are using touchscreen technology-enabled contrivances for better quality of life. Every stakeholder has their perspective on the usage of touchscreen contrivances. A lot of moderators and critical factors affect this perception. Objective: To analyse the moderators and critical factors that affect early childhood education. Method: A comprehensive literature survey and focused group discussion members have finalized six moderators and ten critical factors that affect early childhood education. A hybrid fuzzy AHP-fuzzy TOPSIS has been used to rank identified critical factors. Fuzzy AHP is used to get the weights of the moderators and fuzzy TOPSIS used these weights to rank the critical factors. Results: The moderator 'children age' is having the highest normalized weight (0.211) and the 'screen size' is having the lowest normalized weight (0.106). The two most critical factors that ranked first and second are 'app features and content' and 'applied pedagogical approach' having closeness coefficients of 0.9713 and 0.9594. Potential future scope: The results of the study will help the teachers, parents, and educators to focus on the highly ranked factors which will directly or indirectly improve the children's education.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Age, Computer Oriented Programs, Electronic Learning, Usability
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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