Young Children's Computer Skills Development from Kindergarten to Third Grade

Autor/inn/en	Sackes, Mesut; Trundle, Kathy Cabe; Bell, Randy L.
Titel	Young Children's Computer Skills Development from Kindergarten to Third Grade
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 57 (2011) 2, S.1698-1704 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2011.03.011
Schlagwörter	Socioeconomic Status; Young Children; Computers; Kindergarten; Grade 3; Gender Differences; Skill Development; Computer Uses in Education; Access to Computers; Computer Literacy; Longitudinal Studies; Predictor Variables; Correlation; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Frühe Kindheit; Digitalrechner; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Geschlechterkonflikt; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Computernutzung; Computerkenntnisse; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Prädiktor; Korrelation
Abstract	This investigation explores young children's computer skills development from kindergarten to third grade using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten (ECLS-K) dataset. The sample size of the study was 8642 children. Latent growth curve modeling analysis was used as an analytical tool to examine the development of children's computer skills using LISREL software version 8.80. Results indicated, not surprisingly, that the availability of a computer at home and a high socio-economic status were statistically significant predictors of children's baseline computer skills in kindergarten. The availability of computers in kindergarten, however, was a statistically significant predictor of the development of children's computer skills from kindergarten to third grade. Although there was no difference between girls and boys in their baseline computer skills in kindergarten, the rate of development in computer skills was higher for girls than boys. Results suggest that the availability of an adequate level of computers in kindergarten classrooms can help close the initial gap in children's computer skills due to socio-economic status and lack of computer access prior to entering school. Supplying kindergarten classrooms with adequate computers could positively contribute to children's long-term development of computer skills. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10