ERIC Number: EJ773762
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Publication Date: 2006
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Closing the Digital Divide: Update from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
Judge, Sharon; Puckett, Kathleen; Bell, Sherry Mee
Journal of Educational Research, v100 n1 p52-60 Sep-Oct 2006
The authors examined the progress made toward equitable technology access and use over children's first 4 years of school. The sample consisted of 8,283 public school children who attended kindergarten, 1st, and 3rd grades. In 3rd grade, high-poverty schools had significantly more computers for instruction and a smaller ratio of children to computers than did low-poverty schools. Over the first 4 years of school, however, children attending low-poverty schools had significantly more access to home computers than did those attending high-poverty schools. Children's use of computers during 3rd grade differed by school-poverty status. Results indicate that access to, and use of, a home computer, the presence of a computer area in classrooms, frequent use of the Internet, proficiency in computer use, and low-poverty school status were correlated positively with academic achievement. In contrast, frequent use of software for reading was correlated negatively with reading achievement. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Reading Achievement, Access to Computers, Longitudinal Studies, Elementary School Students, Poverty, Equal Education, Socioeconomic Influences, Internet, Correlation, Academic Achievement, Computer Software, Reading Instruction
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Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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