ERIC Number: ED673782
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jul
Pages: 37
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How High School Students Use and Perceive Technology at Home and School. ACT Research
Jeff Schiel
ACT Education Corp.
Disparities in technology access currently exist for adults, but do they also exist for high school students? If so, might the disparities have lessened since ACT first investigated this matter? This study examined high school students' access at home and school to four types of technological devices (desktop computers, laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones), their opinions of their home and school internet connections, and their use of devices for schoolwork. The present study reevaluates high school students' access to and use of technology, using a cohort of December 2023 national ACT test registrants, and it examines how access and use are related to family income and race/ethnicity. Several of the questions asked of students in a previous ACT study were included in the present study's survey instrument so that the findings of the two studies could be compared. Several new questions were added, and they addressed such topics as how easy it was to get help at school with hardware or software issues, how confident students felt when using technological devices to find information needed for schoolwork, how often students trusted the information they found online for schoolwork, whether academic performance would improve or decline if mobile phone use were banned in school, and whether students were concerned about having enough money to purchase technology needed for college.
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Access to Internet, Access to Computers, Educational Environment, Family Environment, Family Income, Race, Ethnicity, Student Characteristics, Technical Assistance, Computer Software, Self Efficacy, Technological Literacy, Information Sources, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Information Seeking, Trust (Psychology), Academic Achievement, Financial Needs, Purchasing, College Entrance Examinations, Technology Uses in Education
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: ACT Education Corp.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: ACT Assessment
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