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Becker, Henry Jay – Educational Technology, 2000
What uses of computers have effects on student engagement that seem most predicative of important learning? This research provides some evidence about this, examining empirical associations between kinds of software students use, teachers' pedagogical motivations behind their use, and one measure of student engagement: teachers' estimates of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education

Becker, Henry Jay – Future of Children, 2000
Analyzes national survey data on children's differential access to computers at home and school, noting varying conditions that affect how children experience computers. In 1998, over 75 percent of children had access to computers at school, though computer experiences differed by socioeconomic status. Poorer students had significantly less access…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Becker, Henry Jay – Instructional Uses of School Computers, 1986
The Second National Survey of Instructional Uses of School Computers gathered information from more than 10,000 principals and computer-using teachers in a probability sample of over 2,300 U.S. elementary and secondary schools during the spring of 1985. Information was obtained through questionnaires and telephone interviews. The first of six to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education
Becker, Henry Jay – 1999
This report provides data from a survey of a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 public- and private-school teachers of 4th through 12th grade regarding Internet use by teachers and students. Information is provided about: (1) teachers' access to the Internet; (2) frequency of different Internet uses, including teachers' uses and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Correlation