Engaging or Distracting :Children’s Tablet Computer Use in Education

By: Ronda N.Mc Ewan & Adam K.Dube

What: Engaging or Distracting : Children’s Tablet Computer Use in Education

Where: The research was conducted in Canadian City (no specific place)

Who: Children

When: 2013-2014

How:The researchers used a quantitative method by using 30 participants of English-speaking

children (13 male) in Grade 2 with a mean age of 7 years and 3 months (range: 6 years, 8 months to
7 years, 9 months). All Participants were from a single school in a large Canadian city .

The tittle of the research is Engaging or Distracting : Children’s Tablet Computer Use In
Education. The research took place in a large of Canadian City. The research involved 30 participants
consisted of English Speaking Children aged 13 in a Grade 2. The research was conducted by using