Dan and Steven Are Considering Getting Their 4-Year-Old Son a Computer.Which

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Multiple Choice

Dan and Steven are considering getting their 4-year-old son a computer.Which statement can you share with them to best help them understand the value of computers in early childhood?

• A) Computers have no educational benefits until children are old enough to read fluently.
• B) The use of word-processing programs in early childhood inhibits writing skills because the programs revise errors.
• C) Young children who use computers to draw or write produce much less elaborate pictures and text.
• D) Computer literacy and math programs expand children's general knowledge.

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