The effect of using a home computer on students' educational use of IT. Selwyn, N. Computers and Education, 31(2):211-227, Elsevier Ltd, 1998. cited By 61
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With many students' access to computers at home out-weighing their use of Information Technology (IT) in school, the importance of home computing has grown immensely over the last decade. This paper therefore seeks to examine the nature and extent of students' domestic use of computers and the subsequent relationship with their use of IT in schools and colleges. Using a sample of 16-19-year-old students, quantitative and qualitative data were gathered to explore students' experiences of home computing. The results suggest that students using computers at home have significantly more positive attitudes toward using computers yet do not necessarily make more use of school or college-based IT; compensating for the inadequacies of educational IT with their use of computers at home. Nevertheless access to, and benefits gained from, home computers were found to differ significantly according to students' gender. © 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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author={Selwyn, N.},
title={The effect of using a home computer on students' educational use of IT},
journal={Computers and Education},
year={1998},
volume={31},
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pages={211-227},
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affiliation={School of Education, University of Wales, 21 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF2 4YG, United Kingdom},
abstract={With many students' access to computers at home out-weighing their use of Information Technology (IT) in school, the importance of home computing has grown immensely over the last decade. This paper therefore seeks to examine the nature and extent of students' domestic use of computers and the subsequent relationship with their use of IT in schools and colleges. Using a sample of 16-19-year-old students, quantitative and qualitative data were gathered to explore students' experiences of home computing. The results suggest that students using computers at home have significantly more positive attitudes toward using computers yet do not necessarily make more use of school or college-based IT; compensating for the inadequacies of educational IT with their use of computers at home. Nevertheless access to, and benefits gained from, home computers were found to differ significantly according to students' gender. © 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.},
correspondence_address1={Selwyn, N.; School of Education, University of Wales, 21 Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF2 4YG, United Kingdom; email: selwynnc@cardiff.ac.uk},
publisher={Elsevier Ltd},
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language={English},
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