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Malamud, Ofer; Pop-Eleches, Cristian – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010
This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of home computers on child and adolescent outcomes. We collected survey data from households who participated in a unique government program in Romania which allocated vouchers for the purchase of a home computer to low-income children based on a simple ranking of family…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Computers, Children, Adolescents
Hitti, Fred J.; And Others – 1971
The feasibility of administering some tests directly under computer management was investigated with Raven's Progressive Matrices Test (RPMT), a nonverbal test of general aptitude, chosen as the instrument for the study. Subjects were 76 deaf students in a vocationally-oriented postsecondary educational program. Half of the subjects were tested…
Descriptors: Computers, Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Nonverbal Tests
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Todman, John; Lawrenson, Helen – British Educational Research Journal, 1992
Presents the results of a United Kingdom study comparing computer anxiety, mathematics anxiety, and computer experience among college students and elementary students. Includes discussion of age, sex, and the relationship between anxiety and experience. Reports that the younger children had higher computer experience and less computer anxiety.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computers, Educational Research, Elementary Education