A digitális technika hatása alsó tagozatosok írási, helyesírási és fogalmazási készségére

Abstract

There has been little research conducted on the effect of digital technology on language competences among Hungarian children. Research so far has mainly focused on pupils in higher grades or older students. The present work analyses what effects the early use of digital devices may have on the students’ language development among pupils in grade four. Students did three exercises of the same type in handwriting and typing. Results show that error rates increased in the exercises solved by typing irrelevant of the exercise type. The main differences were found between the handwritten and typed compositions. The difference was smaller in text length and larger in the use of structures analysing the quality of compositions. To confirm the results, there is a need to replicate the test on a larger sample. Nevertheless, it is clear that the teaching of handwriting is important also in our digital world.