Jean Underwood|Mark Billingham|Geoffrey Underwood
Predicting Computer Literacy: how do the technological experiences of schoolchildren predict their computer?based problem?solving skills?
University of Leicester|University of Nottingham|University of Nottingham
abstract effect technologically rich outofschool environment upon use information technology classroom question approached observing relationships exposure home electronic technologies classroom disposition performance secondary school children 1112 years old interviewed determine declarative knowledge computers computer use richness technological environment declared interest working computers performed computerbased language task required enter missing letters piece text task required linguistic problemsolving skills well keyboard agility yielded number performance scores successful performance correlated declared outofschool computer use richness technological environment also correlated positively declared computer use outofschool experience predict attitudes classroom information technology gender effects attitude performance