Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Parent Scaffolding of Young Children When Engaged with Mobile Technology
Originally published 2016-05-10 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00690 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
When we use a tablet together, who chooses what happens next?
This article examines how a parent can guide a young child using mobile technology. It gives readers a concrete setting in which to distinguish adult guidance from opportunities for a child to initiate or persist.
Who was studied?
Caregiver–child pairs observed using a touchscreen tablet, with 104 pairs in the session.
Age / stage: Preschool and early school age
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how a parent can guide a young child using mobile technology?
- Which behaviours were directly recorded, and which interpretations required an inference?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is caregiver–child pairs observed using a touchscreen tablet, with 104 pairs in the session.
Keep the limits in view
A pattern in observed behaviour can have several explanations. The study setting and the way the behaviour was recorded matter when interpreting it.
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Eileen Wood; Marjan Petkovski; Domenica De Pasquale; Alexandra Gottardo; Mary Ann Evans; Robert S Savage (2016). Parent Scaffolding of Young Children When Engaged with Mobile Technology Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00690
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