ERIC Number: EJ966999
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Publication Date: 2012-Sep
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Tweens' Characterization of Digital Technologies
Brito, Pedro Quelhas
Computers & Education, v59 n2 p580-593 Sep 2012
The tweens are a transitional age group undergoing deep physical and psychological transformations. Based on a thirteen-focus group research design involving 103 students, and applying a tweens-centered approach, the characteristics of SMS, IM, Internet, digital photos, electronic games, and email were analyzed. Categories such as moral issues, psychological and social consequences, problems/drawbacks, general benefits, and technical attributes synthesized the main characteristics attached to each form of digital technology. Their relative relevance was not gender dependent. Furthermore, tweens exhibited both metacognitive knowledge and personal epistemological observations associated with most of the digital technologies. (Contains 7 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Research Design, Age, Focus Groups, Moral Issues, Metacognition, Internet, Multimedia Materials, Electronic Publishing, Age Groups, Epistemology, Preadolescents, Youth, Electronic Mail, Written Language, Telecommunications, Synchronous Communication, Educational Technology
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