Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 52-60 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Educational Research |
Volume | 100 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2006 |
Keywords
- Computer access in high- And low-poverty schools
- Early childhood longitudinal study
- Kindergarten, first-, and third-grade children
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education