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Identifier

000442748

Title

Η αξιολόγηση των εκπαιδευτικών εφαρμογών για παιδιά προσχολικής ηλικίας σε λογισμικό Android και iOS

Alternative Title

The evaluation of educational applications for preschool children in Android and iOS software

Author

Στρατάκη, Αναστασία

Thesis advisor

Παπαδάκης Σταμάτιος

Abstract

Applications available as "tutorials" in online app stores offer instruction on a wide range of core academic skills, including counting, reading, and pattern recognition. Given the educational categorization of applications in significant application stores, parents can expect their children to develop their first academic skills using these applications, as advertised by the manufacturers. In interviews about children's media use, parents often express confidence in their children's ability to learn from educational applications, possibly better than traditional practical games. However, experts worry that these commercially available applications may not be designed to take advantage of children's learning and not achieve the advertised benefits. Nevertheless, children's educational applications are prevalent, with some applications reporting more than 100,000,000 downloads in total. Below is some information and data about the educational applications used in the preschool environment and whether they are important and information on the use of educational applications by smart devices in the preschool environment. However, an essential part of the work is the last chapter, where research was carried out to investigate Android and iOS software applications addressed to preschool children, i.e., children from 3 to 5 years old.

Language

Greek

Subject

Applications

Children

Education

Games

Preschool age

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