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Frank Niklas; Efsun Birtwistle; Anna Mues; Astrid Wirth – Child Development, 2025
The usage of high-quality learning applications (apps) at home may increase children's mathematical and literacy competencies. This approach was tested in a family intervention study. Intervention families (n = 302) in two German cohorts (N = 500; M (SD)[subscript age] = 61.0 (4.6) months; n[female gender symbol] = 302) received tablets with newly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Tablet Computers
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Saine, Nina L.; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Ahonen, Timo; Tolvanen, Asko; Lyytinen, Heikki – Child Development, 2011
The aim of the longitudinal study was to investigate whether a computer application designed for remedial reading training can enhance letter knowledge, reading accuracy, fluency, and spelling of at-risk children. The participants, 7-year-old Finnish school beginners (N = 166), were assigned to 1 of 3 groups: (a) regular remedial reading…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Spelling, Intervention, Remedial Reading