Internet inequality: The relationship between high school students' Internet use in different locations and their Internet self-efficacy

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1405-1423

  Zhao, Ling ^a   Lu, Yaobin ^a   Huang, Wayne ^b   Wang, Qiuhong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Country specific developments; Distance education and telelearning; Public spaces and computing; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; BIVARIATE CORRELATIONS; COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT; DIGITAL INEQUALITIES; DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TELELEARNING; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INTERNET ACCESS; INTERNET CAFES; INTERNET SELF-EFFICACY; INTERNET USE; PUBLIC SPACES AND COMPUTING; RESEARCH STUDIES; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT SURVEYS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

INTERNET;

EID: 77956268939     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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