Investigating the Educational Potential of Touchscreen Apps for Children's Early Vocabulary Acquisition, 2018-2021

Touchscreen apps for preschool age children have the potential to teach children valuable skills including language. However, there is limited empirical data on the educational potential of children's touchscreen apps. Furthermore, selecting an educational app from the app marketplace can also be challenging. This data collection developed tools to assess the educational potential of touchscreen apps for preschool age children and assesses the educational potential and language content of apps available in the app marketplace. In addition, children's behavioural interaction and learning from apps were coded.