A survey of high school students with ubiquitous access to tablet PCs

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 706-727

  Sommerich, C M ^a   Ward, R ^a   Sikdar, K ^a   Payne, J ^a   Herman, L ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Information technology; Mobile computers

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; ERGONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; STUDENTS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

COMPUTER USE-MONITORING SOFTWARE; MOBILE COMPUTERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TABLET PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

MOBILE COMPUTING;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MUSCLE DISEASE; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047227604     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701194793     Document Type: Article

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