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ERIC Number: ED493283
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Sep
Pages: 72
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Computer and Internet Use by Students in 2003. Statistical Analysis Report. NCES 2006-065
DeBell, Matthew; Chapman, Chris
National Center for Education Statistics
This report examines the use of computers and the Internet by American children enrolled in nursery school and students in kindergarten through grade 12. The report examines the overall rate of use (that is, the percentage of individuals in the population who are users), the ways in which students use the technologies, where the use occurs (home, school, and other locations), and the relationships of these aspects of computer and Internet use to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics such as students' age and race/ethnicity and their parents' education and family income. This report confirms that patterns of computer and Internet use seen in previous research are observed in more recent data. One of the more important findings presented in the report is that schools appear to help narrow the disparities between different types of students in terms of computer use. Differences in the rates of computer use are smaller at school than they are at home when considering such characteristics as race/ethnicity, family income, and parental education. Appended are: (1) Methodological and Technical Notes; and (2) Supplemental Tables. (Contains 18 footnotes, 14 tables, and 5 figures.)
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC.; Education Statistics Services Inst., Washington, DC.; American Institutes for Research (CRESS), Kensington, MD.
Identifiers - Location: United States
IES Funded: Yes
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