Putting the education back in educational apps: How content and context interact to promote learning

Jennifer M. Zosh; Sarah Roseberry Lytle; Roberta Michnick Golinkoff; Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45102-2_17

Putting the education back in educational apps: How content and context interact to promote learning

Jennifer M. Zosh, Sarah Roseberry Lytle, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Penn State Brandywine

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Abstract

Technology is forever changing the landscape of children’s education in and out of school. But much of what masquerades for "educational" in the digital world, is not. In this chapter, we discuss evidence-based principles that can help parents, researchers, and teachers discover apps with real educational value. With the science of learning as a base, we ask whether apps promote children’s active (minds-on) and engaged (not distracted) learning with material that is meaningful and supported in socially interactive contexts. Apps that are built on these principles promote playful, scaffolded, and exploratory learning.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Media Exposure During Infancy and Early Childhood
Subtitle of host publication	The Effects of Content and Context on Learning and Development
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	259-282
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319451022
ISBN (Print)	9783319451008
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45102-2_17
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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General Medicine

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Zosh, J. M., Lytle, S. R., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2016). Putting the education back in educational apps: How content and context interact to promote learning. In Media Exposure During Infancy and Early Childhood: The Effects of Content and Context on Learning and Development (pp. 259-282). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45102-2_17

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Media Exposure During Infancy and Early Childhood: The Effects of Content and Context on Learning and Development. Springer International Publishing, 2016. p. 259-282.

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