Predictors of creative computing participation and profiles of experience in two Silicon Valley middle schools

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 178-189

  Barron, Brigid ^a   Walter, Sarah E ^a   Martin, Caitlin Kennedy ^a   Schatz, Colin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Home access; Learning ecology

Indexed keywords

ACCESS NETWORK; COMPUTER USE; COMPUTING SKILLS; DIGITAL DIVIDE; FOUR-GROUP; LEARNING RESOURCE; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PRODUCTION ACTIVITY; RESEARCH STUDIES; SILICON VALLEY; TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS; TECHNOLOGY USE;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 74249092831     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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