Drawing across media: A cross-sectional experiment on preschoolers' drawings produced using traditional versus electronic mediums.

Young children's growing access to touchscreen technology represents one of many contextual factors that may influence development. The focus of the current study was the impact of traditional versus electronic drawing materials on the quality of children's drawings during the preschool years. Young children (2-5 years, = 73) and a comparison group of adults ( = 24) copied shapes using three mediums: marker on paper, stylus on touchscreen tablet, finger on touchscreen tablet.