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Publication Date: 2014
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"We Don't Go on the Computers Anymore!": How Urban Children Lose in Learning Digital Literacies
Gormley, Kathleen; McDermott, Peter
Educational Forum, v78 n3 p248-262 2014
In this study, we collected and analyzed data to examine the extent to which the achievement gap between urban and suburban children extended to their knowledge of digital literacies. Findings indicated that the suburban children outperformed the urban students in each of the performance areas, and that suburban children reported greater opportunity to learn new literacies in school than the urban children. This study provides further evidence regarding the achievement gap between children in urban and suburban schools and suggests that our schools suffer from a lack of social justice in providing the education that all children need to become 21st-century learners.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Comparative Analysis, Achievement Gap, Technological Literacy, Access to Computers, Social Justice, Mixed Methods Research, Likert Scales, Elementary School Students, Low Income Groups, Middle Class, Interviews, Student Attitudes, Social Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Grade 5
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Language: English
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