Using Tablets to Collect Data From Young Children

作者:Frank Michael C; Sugarman Elise; Horowitz Alexandra C; Lewis Molly L; Yurovsky Daniel
来源:Journal of Cognition and Development, 2016, 17(1): 1-17.
DOI:10.1080/15248372.2015.1061528

摘要

Mobile, touch-screen devices are increasingly ubiquitous in children's lives. The extensive use of such devices presents an exciting opportunity for data collection. We describe a simple method for creating cross-platform, interactive tablet experiments using open Web-based resources. We illustrate this method by collecting data from 1- to 4-year-old children in a word-recognition paradigm, using 3 different techniques: tablets, eye tracking, and an in-person storybook paradigm. Both accuracy and reaction-time data from the tablet compared favorably with the other methods. Tablets should be considered as a viable method for collecting low-cost, well-controlled developmental data.

  • 出版日期2016