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Amponsah, Kwaku Darko; Aboagye, Godwin Kwame; Narh-Kert, Millicent; Commey-Mintah, Priscilla; Boateng, Fred Kofi – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2022
This Study explored the usage of the internet and its impact on the academic performance of Senior High School (SHS) students in the Cape Coast Metropolis. A questionnaire was used to gather data from 105 second-and third-year students through random sampling and was then analyzed using descriptive statistics and an independent samples t-test. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Academic Achievement, High School Students
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Janisse, Heather C.; Li, Xiaoming; Bhavnagri, Navaz P.; Esposito, Cassandra; Stanton, Bonita – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: The current study examined the impact of daily classroom computer use on the cognitive development of preschool children in 14 urban Head Start classrooms. The sample consisted of 208 predominantly African American low-income children with a mean age of 48.8 months. A quasi-experimental design was used in which 7 classrooms had…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Cognitive Development, African American Children
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Liyanagunawardena, Tharindu R.; Adams, Andrew A.; Rassool, Naz; Williams, Shirley A. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2013
Communal Internet access facilities or telecentres are considered a good way to provide connectivity to people who do not possess home connectivity. Attempts are underway to utilize telecentres as eLearning centres providing access to learning materials to students who would otherwise not be able to take up eLearning. This paper reports on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Access to Computers, Educational Technology
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Martin, Linda R. – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
Teaching in a classroom configured with computers has been heralded as an aid to learning. Students receive the benefits of working with large data sets and real-world problems. However, with the advent of network and wireless connections, students can now use the computer for alternating tasks, such as emailing, web browsing, and social…
Descriptors: Statistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Business Administration, Intermode Differences
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Noguera, Magdy; Budden, Michael Craig; Silva, Alberto – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
This paper reports the results of a survey conducted to assess students' usage and perceptions of a finance lab. Finance labs differ from simple computer labs as they typically contain data boards, streaming market quotes, terminals and software that allow for real-time financial analyses. Despite the fact that such labs represent significant and…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Use Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Environment
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van den Blink, Clare – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009
How can an IT department transform traditional computer labs given the resource limits of a university setting? Before engaging a redesign team, conduct some groundwork and initial research to help guide design and resource decisions. When the author and her colleagues considered modifying the lab spaces at Cornell, they initially engaged in…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Computer Uses in Education, Colleges, Computer Centers
Kuzu, Abdullah – Online Submission, 2009
Increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) help individuals to solve several everyday problems, which used to be harder, more complicated and time consuming. Even though ICTs provide individuals with many advantages, they might also serve as grounds for several societal and ethical problems which vary in accordance with…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Content Analysis, Ethics, Interviews
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Reedy, Gabriel B. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2008
PowerPoint and other visual technologies have become pervasive in schools. Adoption of these technologies is perceived as a necessary--or, at the very least, an educationally appropriate--innovation in UK schools, even though systematic examination of their use is relatively recent. On the basis of a wider ethnographic study of ICT use in one UK…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Ethnography, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
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DeGennaro, Donna – E-Learning, 2008
This article examines an after-school program entitled Silk City Media Workshop. Briefly, the workshop engages youth in digital storytelling as a means of enhancing both their technology and literacy skills. Transcending these goals, this workshop also provides opportunities for youth to reveal multiple aspects of their unfolding identities as…
Descriptors: Story Telling, After School Programs, Workshops, Urban Youth
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Spennemann, Dirk H. R.; Atkinson, John; Cornforth, David – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2007
Student computer laboratories are provided by most teaching institutions around the world; however, what is the most effective layout for such facilities? The log-in data files from computer laboratories at a regional university in Australia were analysed to determine whether there was a pattern in student seating. In particular, it was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Educational Facilities Design
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McFadden, Anna C. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1999
Studied use of the Internet by college students by determining sites selected on 6 of 70 computers in a college computer laboratory. The overwhelming use of the Internet in this open lab conformed to university acceptable-use policy, with almost no use of the computers to contact pornographic sites. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Centers, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education
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Beckenstein, Wendy; Staunton, Merrill – 1998
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of computer location on first grade students' enjoyment and usage of computers. A large difference was found concerning time spent on computers between in-class and computer lab settings. In-class computer students spent three times as long on computers as computer lab students during the three…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Centers, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Henderson, David L.; Renfrow, Raylene – 1992
The population of this study included the 111 public school districts in Education Service Center Regions IV and VI, serving 22 counties of southeast Texas in the Houston area. Seventy-five questionnaires were returned from 111 school districts with a return rate of 68%. A total of 24,222 computers were reported in use by the 75 districts with a…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Kleen, Betty A.; Shell, L. Wayne; Wells-Roger, Craig A. – 1997
The researchers investigated the intensity of computer lab use by a broad representation of students at their university. The purpose was to ascertain adequacy of computer laboratory hardware, software, and hours of access. Additionally, the researchers needed to answer a social policy question, and wished to determine who was making most use of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Centers, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Kelly, Karen L.; Schorger, John R. – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2001
Compared expressive language used by preschoolers when engaged at a classroom computer center with that used during free play. Found that mean lengths of utterance showed no significant differences in amount of language spoken, no matter the context. Found exceptions in which one student was more expressive at the computer, and three others were…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers
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