Examining the digital divide in K-12 public schools: Four-year trends for supporting ICT literacy in Florida

Computers and Education

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1648-1663

  Hohlfeld, Tina N ^a   Ritzhaupt, Albert D ^b   Barron, Ann E ^a   Kemker, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c Florida Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Evaluation methodologies; Media in education; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

DIGITAL DIVIDES; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; FLORIDA; ICT INTEGRATION; INFORMATION-COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; K-12 SCHOOLS; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; MULTI-LEVEL MODELING; PUBLIC SCHOOLS; REPEATED MEASURES; RESEARCH USES; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; STUDENT ACCESS; TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION; TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 49449093283     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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