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Krista S

Internet Use and Child Development - 0 views

shared by Krista S on 16 Jun 10 - No Cached
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    In the context of middle class families, elements in the techno-subsystem (e.g., Internet access) may not necessarily facilitate child cognitive development; effective use of those elements, highly dependent upon parent behavior, may promote development. For example, Cho and Cheon (2005) surveyed families and found that parents' perceived control, obtained through shared web activities and family cohesion, reduced children's exposure to negative Internet content. Using the Internet at home to learn was reported in 65 cases, to play was reported in 57 cases, to browse in 35 cases, and to communicate in 27 cases. Fuchs and Wößmann (2005) inferred, having controlled for socioeconomic status, "a negative relationship between home computer availability and academic achievement, but a positive relationship between home computer use for Internet communication" (p. 581). DeBell and Chapman (2006) concluded that Internet use promotes cognitive development in children, "specifically in the area of visual intelligence, where certain computer activities -- particularly games -- may enhance the ability to monitor several visual stimuli at once, to read diagrams, recognize icons, and visualize spatial relationships" (p. 3). Van Deventer and White (2002) observed proficient 10- and 11-year-old video gamers and noted extremely high levels of self-monitoring, pattern recognition, and visual memory. In a comprehensive review of the literature of the time (when interactive digital games were relatively unsophisticated), Subrahmanyam, Kraut, Greenfield, and Gross (2000) concluded that "children who play computer games can improve their visual intelligence" (p. 128). It should be noted, however, that playing video games has also been linked to childhood distractibility, over-arousal, hostility, and aggression (Anderson, Gentile, & Buckley, 2007; Funk, Chan, Brouwer, & Curtiss, 2006).
becca_hay

The Effects of Family and Community Violence on Children - Annual Review of Psychology,... - 0 views

  • Children are potentially quite vulnerable to the effects of violence because violence exposure may alter the timing of typical developmental trajectories (Boney-McCoy & Finkelhor 1995). That is, violence initially may result in primary effects, such as anxiety, depression, or PTSD symptoms, which cause secondary reactions by disrupting children’s progression through age-appropriate developmental tasks. For example, exposure to violence in young children can result in regressive symptoms, such as increased bedwetting, decreased verbalization, or separation anxiety (Osofsky 1995). These symptoms secondarily may affect children’s socialization skills or ability to concentrate in school. Moreover, at a time when children may have difficulty with typical developmental tasks, exposure to violence can result in having to acknowledge and cope with adult issues. As Garbarino and colleagues note, “in Western culture, childhood is regarded as a period of special protection and rights” (1992:1). The home and the neighborhood, generally considered the primary safe havens for the child, lose those protective and comforting qualities in the aftermath of family or neighborhood violence
Neal C

Want Smart Kids? Here's What to Do - Percolator - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

shared by Neal C on 28 May 10 - Cached
  • Thus it seems that scholarly culture, and the taste for books that it brings, flows from generation to generation largely of its own accord, little affected by education, occupational status, or other aspects of class
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      Books matter...physical, tangible things
  • I wonder what e-book readers like the Kindle will mean to these statistics. On the plus side, a lot of e-books are free and those that aren't are often discounted, so a family with a Kindle might be able to afford more books (assuming they can pony up for the device). But the books aren't as easy to share and you probably don't want your 5-year-old dribbling juice onto your fancy expensive gadget.
    • Neal C
       
      Does online competency indicate to children the same priority on education or scholarship?
  • Want Smart Kids? Here's What to Do Buy a lot of books.
    • Neal C
       
      Want smart kids? Get books, not the internet (at least until someone does a similar study on the internet).
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  • onducted over 20 years, in 27 countries, and surveyed more than 70,000 people. Resea
Neal C

Every Hug, Every Fuss - Scientists Record Families' Daily Lives - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Mothers still do most of the housework, spending 27 percent of their time on it, on average, compared with 18 percent for fathers and 3 percent for children (giving an allowance made no difference).
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      ungrateful kids
  • One researcher roamed the house with a handheld computer, noting each family member’s location and activities at 10-minute intervals.
  • the U.C.L.A. project was an effort to capture a relatively new sociological species: the dual-earner, multiple-child, middle-class American household. The investigators have just finished working through the 1,540 hours of videotape, coding and categorizing every hug, every tantrum, every soul-draining search for a missing soccer cleat.
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  • puter, noting each family mem
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    This is an interesting article about the way new methods of documentation and archiving allow researchers to collect and code more data than ever before - a "reality TV" paradigm.
becca_hay

Single-Sex Public Education - Children and Youth - Schools - Gender - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    This goes along with the monkey article I just shared! read both, they're so interesting when shown in eachother's light!
Carlie Wallentine

Education and Technology in Elementary Education - 0 views

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    The 2012 topics for Elementary Education with Technology.
Carlie Wallentine

Robotic Teacher in Japan--kinda creepy actually. - 0 views

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    Apart from working on the first robotic french kiss, they've also got a robotic teacher in Japan. She looks a bit like Michael Jackson to me....
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