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Research, practice and discussion on Cit.ED about screens.
Practice · Screens
I tried “TV time into talk time” with my Grade 1s
A week of narrating the class video instead of hushing everyone. What changed, what didn’t.
Mrs Hartley
Discussion · Screens
The screen-time number parents ask me for — and why I’ve stopped giving one
Responding to Dr Mokoena. In the clinic the question is always “how many minutes”. Here’s what I say now.
Marius de Villiers
Lived experience · Screens
Our screen rules at home (and why we changed them)
Background TV in the home is linked to less adult-child conversation.
Sipho Dlamini
1 source
Research · Screens
Why “screen time” is the wrong number to worry about
Background television is associated with fewer adult words directed at toddlers.
Dr Naledi Mokoena
3 sources
Research · Screens
Reading the effect sizes properly
In pooled studies, more screen use is associated with slightly weaker child language skills, and the associations are small.
J. Pillay
1 source
Discussion · Sleep
Is the screens-and-sleep evidence as one-sided as it sounds?
A question for Dr Mokoena after the sleep-reviews post.
Thandi Nkosi
Research · Sleep
Screens before bed: what the sleep reviews actually say
Screen use is consistently associated with later bedtimes and shorter sleep in school-aged children.
Dr Naledi Mokoena
1 source