Computer Usage & Motor Skill Development

Can using the Internet help young children develop their motor skills? Shneiderman (1998) statds that children can learn both cognitive and motor skills from using the Internet but that the degree to which they are motivated to learn is, at least in part, dependent upon the user-interface design process and the extent to which it has been appropriately modified for the young user and the tasks required. Shneiderman states that the extent to which a child's use of the Internet will facilitate cognitive and/or motor skills growth will depend upon making sure that their use of it is age appropriate.

Therefore, if children are between three and five years of age, which means they have not yet learned to read, then the Internet will best facilitate skill development if the task is short (8-15 minutes) and if it builds on something they remember from the day before. This focuses them on the task at high levels of motivational intensity and thereby maximizes what they can learn from the task in terms of both cognitive and motor skills.

For children who are a little bit older, the Internet can still be used to build motor skills but in different ways and for longer period of times. For example, Dumas and Brooks (2000) report that between five and six years of age, children develop fine motor skill

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