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| author | Goodfellow, Marianne Wade, Barbara |
| author_facet | Goodfellow, Marianne Wade, Barbara Goodfellow, Marianne Wade, Barbara |
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| contents | The Digital Divide and First-Year Students Goodfellow, Marianne Wade, Barbara Word Processing Computer Literacy Access to Computers College Freshmen Computer Uses in Education Rating Scales Electronic Mail Internet Online Searching Information Literacy Library Materials Student Attitudes Current cross-campus computing initiatives demand both access and skill in employing technology as a tool for academic success. Consequently, lack of computer skills can affect first-year students' potential for success because many courses assume students are computer literate. In this study, 888 first-year students completed a survey--administered for three years--that examined technology variables. A chi-square statistic and associated p-value indicated that students' access to computers increased over a three-year period, albeit it was income-related. Results showed an improvement in word processing, Internet and library-searching skills, and developing computer-enhanced presentations. However, results from the last year of the study showed that more than 50% of students rated themselves unskilled at library-searching and developing computer-enhanced presentations, with approximately one-third of students rating themselves unskilled at e-mail. Implications for first-year student computer-training support are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 1 footnote.) |
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| publishDate | 2007 |
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| spellingShingle | The Digital Divide and First-Year Students Goodfellow, Marianne Wade, Barbara Word Processing Computer Literacy Access to Computers College Freshmen Computer Uses in Education Rating Scales Electronic Mail Internet Online Searching Information Literacy Library Materials Student Attitudes The Digital Divide and First-Year Students Goodfellow, Marianne Wade, Barbara Word Processing Computer Literacy Access to Computers College Freshmen Computer Uses in Education Rating Scales Electronic Mail Internet Online Searching Information Literacy Library Materials Student Attitudes Current cross-campus computing initiatives demand both access and skill in employing technology as a tool for academic success. Consequently, lack of computer skills can affect first-year students' potential for success because many courses assume students are computer literate. In this study, 888 first-year students completed a survey--administered for three years--that examined technology variables. A chi-square statistic and associated p-value indicated that students' access to computers increased over a three-year period, albeit it was income-related. Results showed an improvement in word processing, Internet and library-searching skills, and developing computer-enhanced presentations. However, results from the last year of the study showed that more than 50% of students rated themselves unskilled at library-searching and developing computer-enhanced presentations, with approximately one-third of students rating themselves unskilled at e-mail. Implications for first-year student computer-training support are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 1 footnote.) |
| title | The Digital Divide and First-Year Students |
| topic | Word Processing Computer Literacy Access to Computers College Freshmen Computer Uses in Education Rating Scales Electronic Mail Internet Online Searching Information Literacy Library Materials Student Attitudes |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ757072 |