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The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is spreading inside the classrooms at all educational levels. As this integration has extended to young learners (3 to 5 years), the authorities have recommended their use so that children can acquire knowledge and dexterities they will use all their lives. Keeping in mind that it is at this age when very young learners acquire abilities and basic dexterities at their own pace, the more personalized the better. From all the premises above, we can claim that whereas other computer assisted language learning systems do not account for differences in children’s cognitive development when designing computerized applications, the introduction of AHS (Adaptive Hypermedia Systems) is aimed at adapting and personalizing content to children’s needs and abilities.
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Agudo, J.E., Sánchez, H., Rico, M. (2006). Adaptive Learning for Very Young Learners. In: Wade, V.P., Ashman, H., Smyth, B. (eds) Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems. AH 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4018. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11768012_57
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