Academic, Social, and Personal Uses of the Internet: Cases of Students from an Urban Latino Classroom.

Kupperman, Jeff; Fishman, Barry J.

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ERIC Number: EJ647555

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Publication Date: 2002

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Academic, Social, and Personal Uses of the Internet: Cases of Students from an Urban Latino Classroom.

Kupperman, Jeff; Fishman, Barry J.

Journal of Research on Technology in Education, v34 n2 p189-215 Win 2001-2002

Presents cases of four Latino middle school students who gained home Internet access for the first time in connection with an educational technology project set in an urban public school in Detroit. Investigated how the students and their families perceived and used the Internet as a tool for education, recreation, and socializing. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Computers, Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Family Attitudes, Hispanic American Students, Internet, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Public Schools, Student Attitudes, Urban Schools, Use Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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