"Today’s children have more opportunities than ever before to learn from interactive technology, yet experimental research assessing the efficacy of children’s learning from interactive media in comparison to traditional learning approaches is still quite scarce. Moreover, little work has examined the efficacy of using touch-screen devices for research purposes." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5078753/

Filling the gap

CalcYou will provide a simple, interactive method for teaching children the foundations of arithmetic and numerical reasoning. Interactive aids should be a ubiquitous tool accessible to all children in the digital age. The current de-facto standard is to rely on digital calculators that omit a vital visual and cognitive step lost during the transition from abacuses and slide rules. New research shows interactive aids can play a crucial role in the development of young minds. "Younger toddlers may learn more from interactive digital media (such as video chats and touchscreen mobile apps) than from TV and videos alone, which don't require them to interact." Heather L. Kirkorian. When and How Do Interactive Digital Media Help Children Connect What They See On and Off the Screen? Child Development Perspectives, 2018; DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12290

Open data commitment:

A stretch commitment is in place to provide behind-the-scenes API access to help researchers test the efficacy of interactive tools during child development.