Published online September 1, 2004
PEDIATRICS Vol. 114 No. 3 September 2004, pp. 852 (doi:10.1542/peds.2004-0452)
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Preschoolers, Computers, and School Readiness: Are We On to Something?

S. Andrew Spooner, MD, MS, FAAP American Academy of Pediatrics Steering Committee on Clinical Information Technology

University of Tennessee Health Science Center,
Memphis, TN 38163

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We've all heard of the digital divide: for example, the rural poor are much less likely than others to have access to information technology. Despite this, the authors of "Early Childhood Computer Experience and Cognitive and Motor Development"1 found that over half of a group of rural, poor preschoolers had a computer at home. Another stereotype-smashing finding was that boys and girls in this sample used computers with equal frequency. Whether . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Address correspondence to S. Andrew Spooner, MD, MS, FAAP, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 50 N Dunlap Ave, Suite 4624, Memphis, TN 38103. E-mail: aspooner@utmem.edu