Do Male Students Often Perform Better Than Female Students When Learning Computers?: A Study of Taiwanese Eighth Graders' Computer Education through Strategic and Cooperative Learning

Tsai, Meng Jung

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“…It requires to be complemented by other methods such as interviews, user logs, or ethnographic studies in the future. Future study should also be conducted to further examine the impact of teaching learning strategies on students' computer achievement, attitude, and anxiety, especially for those significant-correlated learning strategies identified in this study (Tsai, 2002). Furthermore, this study is only an initial attempt to explore computer domainspecific learning strategies.…”

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Student Computer Achievement, Attitude, and Anxiety: The Role of Learning Strategies

Tsai

2003

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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People are living in a society with numerous applications of computer technology; hence, achieving the goal of computer literacy is currently implemented in schools at various levels. In general, computer literacy includes basic knowledge and skills of computer technology (computer achievement), computer attitudes, and computer anxiety. This study viewed students' learning strategies as an important variable related to their computer literacy. Through collecting research data from 75 Taiwanese eighth graders enrolled in a computer course, this study revealed that students with higher-order metacognitive skills in monitoring their comprehension, selecting main ideas, and using resources helpful for learning tended to have higher computer achievement, better computer attitudes, and lower computer anxiety. In particular, the strategy of finding and using other study aids seemed to help the students have better attitudes and lower anxiety of learning computers.

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Student Computer Achievement, Attitude, and Anxiety: The Role of Learning Strategies

Tsai

2003

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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“…Finally, a number of researchers have focused on gender differences in Internet use, interest and attitudes (e.g., Colley, 2003;Colley & Comber, 2003;Durndell & Haag, 2002;Jackson, Ervin, Gardner, & Schmitt, 2001;Kadijevich, 2000;Madell & Muncer, 2004;Nachmias, Mioduser, & Shemla, 2000;Schumacher & Morahan-Martin, 2001;Shaw & Gant, 2002;Tsai, 2002;and Weiser, 2000). Nachmias and colleagues (2000) found that more males than females used the Internet.…”

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Low-Income Minority Seniors' Enrollment in a Cybercafé: Psychological Barriers to Crossing the Digital Divide

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Educational Gerontology

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“…Published definitions or explanations of general computer literacy 9,19,22 were not considered in the articles reviewed. Oenema and colleagues 33 defined computer literacy as the sum of individuals' frequency and ease of computer use; Thumboo et al 32 presented a scale which seemed to measure computer skills but was also referred to as a measure of computer literacy.…”

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“…Computer literacy has been defined as the ability to interact with a computer 9 or 'basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by all citizens to be able to deal with computer technology in their daily life' 19 . Advancements in new information technologies have contributed to innovation in the way we work, communicate and seek out information.…”

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Do we need to understand the technology to get to the science? A systematic review of the concept of computer literacy in preventive health programs

Dominick

Friedman

Hoffman‐Goetz

2009

Health Education Journal

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Objective To systematically review definitions and descriptions of computer literacy as related to preventive health education programs. Method A systematic review of the concept of computer literacy as related to preventive health education was conducted. Empirical studies published between 1994 and 2007 on prevention education programs with a computer literacy component were found using medical/health, communication, information science and education databases. Results A total of 464 citations were retrieved from 12 databases using specific search terms. Six articles met the inclusion criteria of: search terms in title, abstract and/or key words; peer-reviewed; original empirical research; and written in English. Conclusion Findings show limited and inconsistent definitions of com puter literacy in the literature on computer-based prevention inter ventions. Without a clear construct of computer literacy, it 297 will be difficult to determine the impact of such programs on health information seeking and, ultimately, health status. IntroductionHealth information has become much more accessible to the general population with the availability of the Internet. Internet access has increased by 36.7 per cent over the past 6 years with 54.7 per cent of computer owners having access in 2003 compared with only 18.0 per cent in 1997 1 . A 2006 national study reports that 20 per cent of Americans consider the Internet to be their primary source for science news; 80 per cent of US adults search for health information online, mostly about specific diseases and medical conditions 2,3 . A relevant study by Hesse and colleagues 4 found that although individuals preferred going to their physicians for specific health information, close to 50.0 per cent reported going online first; only 10.9 per cent approached their doctors before consulting Internet resources; these individuals who consulted their doctors first tended to be seniors aged 65 years and older.Internet users have diverse backgrounds. A growing number of ethnic minority groups are going online. For example, over 50.0 per cent of African-Americans searched for health information online in 2000 5 . Ten per cent more African-Americans than whites (45 per cent versus 35 per cent) said the Internet helped them with their healthcare information needs. It should be noted, however, that a digital divide still exists: Internet use is lower for whites (32 per cent), Hispanics (31 per cent) and African-Americans (25 per cent) who did not graduate from high school 6 . While Internet use has increased for seniors over time, the majority of older adults aged 65 and older (66 per cent) are still not using this technology 2 . Health/medical websites need to include plain language and age and culturally appropriate resources for diverse users 7 .Having access to online information does not imply that consumers also possess the necessary skills to seek out and locate accurate and credible health or science related resources 8,9 . Three-quarters of online individuals reported checking ...

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Do Male Students Often Perform Better Than Female Students When Learning Computers?: A Study of Taiwanese Eighth Graders' Computer Education through Strategic and Cooperative Learning

Cited by 35 publications

References 27 publications

Student Computer Achievement, Attitude, and Anxiety: The Role of Learning Strategies

Student Computer Achievement, Attitude, and Anxiety: The Role of Learning Strategies

Low-Income Minority Seniors' Enrollment in a Cybercafé: Psychological Barriers to Crossing the Digital Divide

Do we need to understand the technology to get to the science? A systematic review of the concept of computer literacy in preventive health programs

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