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Associations Of Preschoolers' Screen Time, Vocabulary, And Fine Motor, Barbara A. Dolan
Associations Of Preschoolers' Screen Time, Vocabulary, And Fine Motor, Barbara A. Dolan
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Technology use by preschoolers aged three to five is prevalent today. Parents and educators find conflicting benefits and concerns about the use of technology by preschoolers. By looking at three particular preschool skills of pincer grasp, wrist strength, and receptive vocabulary, this researcher hoped to provide some answers for parents and educators. This non-experimental multiple regression research analyzed two fine motor skills of 53 preschoolers and their receptive vocabulary and compared them to minutes of screen time use each day. Preschoolers were from two middle class, Midwestern private preschools. Parents completed a ten-question survey that provided a measure of the …