Computers and Student Learning:Bivariate and Multivariate Evidence on the Availability and Use of Computers at Home and at School

We estimate the relationship between computers and students’ educational achievement in the international student-level PISA database. Bivariate analyses show a positive correlation between achievement and computer availability both at home and at school. However, once we control extensively for family background and school characteristics, the relationship gets negative for home computers and insignificant for school computers. Thus, mere availability of computers at home seems to distract students from effective learning. But achievement shows a positive conditional relationship with computer use for education and communication at home and an inverted U-shaped relationship with computer and internet use at school.Computers at home, computers at school, student achievement, educational production, PISA.

Computers and Student Learning: Bivariate and Multivariate Evidence on the Availability and Use of Computers at Home and at School

We estimate the relationship between students’ educational achievement and the availability and use of computers at home and at school in the international student-level PISA database. Bivariate analyses show a positive correlation between student achievement and the availability of computers both at home and at schools. However, once we control extensively for family background and school characteristics, the relationship gets negative for home computers and insignificant for school computers. Thus, the mere availability of computers at home seems to distract students from effective learning. But measures of computer use for education and communication at home show a positive conditional relationship with student achievement. The conditional relationship between student achievement and computer and internet use at school has an inverted U-shape, which may reflect either ability bias combined with negative effects of computerized instruction or a low optimal level of computerized instruction.computers at home, computers at school, student achievement, educational production, PISA, education

Ideas for the Arcturus personal workstation

In order to achieve more effective use of interpersonal collaboration, management lifecycle activities, and dynamic retrieval of as well as for ordinary programming chores, it may be useful to take a fresh look at the devices we use to help us conduct our transactions with computers.This paper presents some new ideas for using large flatscreen displays and dedicated computers as personal workstations

ADLib: An Arduino Communication Framework for Ambient Displays

As computers become more and more a part of our everyday lives, the need to change the way in which people interact with them is also evolving. Ambient displays provide an effective way to move computers away from our main focus and into the periphery. ADLib is a small communication framework that aims to simplify the construction of ambient displays built using the Arduino prototyping platform. The ADLib framework provides an easy-to-use library for communicating with an Arduino, allowing the user to focus on the construction and development of the display. The framework consists of three main components: A protocol for encoding information to be sent from a host computer to the Arduino An Arduino library for receiving and parsing incoming data A desktop application for sending data to the Arduin

Effective Use of Microcomputers for Elementary Social Studies

The use of computers in the classroom is still a very new development in education. In fact, computers themselves have been around only for about thirty-five years. The incredible growth in the technology of computers is almost impossible to fathom. Modern computers are not only a faster and smarter, they are smaller and cheaper. Shane (1982) pointed out that if a Rolls Royce had become as cost effective as computers and had its price reduced accordingly, it would cost only three dollars

Implementation of the Futsal Field Ordering Platform Using the UCD Method

The development of information technology is exploding. We cannot separate the need for information from the use and use of computers. With a computerized information system, the work done will be more effective and accurate. Karawang Futsal is a sports venue in the Karawang Regency. Using the futsal ordering system is still manual, the data input system which is still recording in the ledger, making reports is not accurate because of frequent miscalculations that result in making reports not on time because all processes are done. Therefore, with the existence of a computer system, all the needs for everything in the Karawang Regency Futsal will run

The integration of computer use in education

There is an increasing awareness that disappointing experiences with the introduction of computers in education are a consequence of insufficiently taking into account factors that are crucial when introducing change in educational settings. Many of the problems in the literature show great similarity with the kind of problems often experienced in curriculum implementation. In this context the endeavors to make computer use an integrated part of classroom activities are analyzed. Emphasis will be laid on the interaction between teachers and courseware; elements for a more effective strategy for the integration of computer use in educational practice will be presented, with special attention to the design of support materials as an essential part of courseware

The Use of a Touch Computer System for Distributing Information to Visitors at the 1982 World\u27s Fair

The use of computers to increase efficiency of operations is becoming a well recognized method in the leisure industry. This study examined the use of computers to provide information to visitors of the World\u27s Fair about the Knoxville area to help improve service. Findings indicate that the developed method is an effective aid, but to increase its efficiency the system must be more consumer oriented

Reducing Computer Anxiety in Adult Microcomputer Training

As the use of microcomputers continues to increase in daily affairs, so does the demand for formal adult microcomputer training. Extension educators who are training adults in the use of computers are being confronted with students exhibiting computer anxiety that directly affects the teaching/learning process. This article discusses computer anxiety and the implications it has on effective microcomputer instruction. It presents research, theories, and methods to help instructors reduce computer anxiety in adults learning to use computers