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Children's Views of Technology: The Role of Age, Gender, and School Setting.
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Levin, Barbara B.; Barry, Sean M. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1997
Used children's drawings and interviews to examine the impact of age, gender, and school setting on elementary children's thinking about computers. Found that younger children drew computers much larger than themselves and set computers in home or school settings, whereas older children drew computers in proportion to themselves and placed…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Computer Attitudes
Computers and Young Children: Software Types, Social Contexts, Gender, Age, and Emotional Responses.
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Shade, Daniel D. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1994
Videotaped four- to eight-year olds as they interacted with computer software at different levels of developmental appropriateness. Facial expressions and other affective behaviors were analyzed as a function of age, presence of a peer, and appropriateness of software. Found that responses were mediated more by age, gender, and social condition…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Computer Attitudes
Using a Computer-Based Semantic Mapping, Reading, and Writing Approach with At-Risk Fourth Graders.
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Sinatra, Richard; And Others – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1994
Investigated the efficacy of a computer program approach to help 260 at-risk fourth graders model, practice, and internalize narrative writing skills. Found that the at-risk students responded positively to the use of technology incorporated with instructional strategies for developing higher order thinking and literacy skills. The teachers also…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education