Turned On/Switched Off: Exploring Children's Engagement with Computers in Primary School.

Selwyn, Neil

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ERIC Number: EJ641608

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Publication Date: 2001

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Turned On/Switched Off: Exploring Children's Engagement with Computers in Primary School.

Selwyn, Neil

Journal of Educational Computing Research, v25 n3 p245-66 2001

Explores the perceptions and views of primary school children in exploring, discussing, and rationalizing their use of computers in the classroom based on focus group interviews with students in Wales. Considers work processes; effects on learners' abilities; the finished product; and concerns over originality and authenticity. (Contains 59 references.) (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Computer Attitudes, Creativity, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Wales)

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