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Henderson, Robyn; Honan, Eileen – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2008
The teaching of digital literacies is regarded as an important facet of literacy teaching in the 21st century. With many literacy tests continuing to indicate that students' levels of achievement tend to be differentiated along socioeconomic lines, it seems timely to consider the connections between home and school and how these play out in…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods, Family Environment
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Ainsa, Patricia A. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1993
Three studies examined the effects of parent educational level on parental attitudes toward the importance of education for their children, Mexican parents' and teachers' attitudes toward the importance of computer training in Mexican schools, and the effects of a parent literacy/computer literacy program on low-income, low-literacy parents and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Educational Background
Cahall, Lori – Computing Teacher, 1994
Describes activities conducted in a fourth-grade classroom in Cincinnati (Ohio) with low-income students through the AT&T Learning Network. Students' developing interest in subject areas including national news, environmental issues, child support, coping with death, computer literacy, school rules, cultural awareness, and local history is…
Descriptors: Child Support, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks
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Crist-Whitzel, Janet; And Others – 1985
One of three publications of the Research on Equitable Access to Technology (REAT) project, this directory lists 52 computer education programs in northern California, Nevada, and Utah that have successfully addressed the problem of providing computer access to groups of students who are far less likely than others to use computers, i.e.,…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Chisholm, Ines Marquez; Carey, Jane; Hernandez, Anthony – 1998
This study explores the question of accessibility to existing campus technology by low socio-economic, nontraditional, and minority college students. Questions posed are: (1) "Do nontraditional, low socio-economic and traditionally underrepresented students have the same access to computers and information technology as traditional majority…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
Cabrera, Eulalia; And Others – 1988
The Computers in Bilingual Education (CIBE) program at South Bronx High School offered computer-assisted instruction in English as a second language (ESL), native language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science to limited-English-speaking students and provided instruction in computer literacy. It served 340 low-income ninth-, tenth-, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, English (Second Language)