Reading to children 'more effective than technology at boosting science skills'

Parents must put down the electronic tablets and start reading to their children if they want them to be successful in the world of tech and science. Reading books to children has a far more profound effect on learning than letting them play with electronic tablets, according to Dr Shane Bergin, physicist, lecturer and researcher in science education at University College Dublin (UCD).
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