> you have at least 995 8-year olds that are doing something other than reading an academic journal.
Certainly, but what the other thing is makes a huge difference. The content matters more than the medium.
Re:Screen time: how much is too much?
by dorchadas on Thursday January 17, 2019 @02:51PM
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I'm not sure if this is necessarily true. The book Reader, Come Home by Maryanne Wolf actually discusses this. There are quantifiable differences between reading online and reading physically. So much so that even printing out the same journal article can change it. It was an interesting read, to say the least.
I find I retain information a lot better if it's printed, and a lot of memory research supports this as well. It is a lot easier to picture a page in a physical book than even a page deliminated format like PDF.
Re:Screen time: how much is too much?
by dorchadas on Thursday January 17, 2019 @06:44PM
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Agreed, completely. I feel the same when hand writing something as opposed to typing as well, which is why I try to encourage my students to write and not just take pictures on their phones or type it in their phone/computer notepad
If you have a sample of 1000 8-year olds, then you have at least 995 8-year olds that are doing something other than reading an academic journal.
As far as individual kids, judgement calls do have to be made, but it's very challenging to tell what your kids are doing on a screen, particularly if you have multiple kids.