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Malamud, Ofer; Pop-Eleches, Cristian – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010
This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of home computers on child and adolescent outcomes. We collected survey data from households who participated in a unique government program in Romania which allocated vouchers for the purchase of a home computer to low-income children based on a simple ranking of family…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Computers, Children, Adolescents
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Ziya, Engin; Dogan, Nuri; Kelecioglu, Hulya – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2010
This study aims at determining the extent to which computer using skills specified in Project for International Students Evaluation (PISA) 2006 predict Turkish students' achievement in mathematics. Apart from questions on mathematics, science and reading competencies, a student questionnaire, a school questionnaire and a parent questionnaire were…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Questionnaires, Computers