The Relationship Between Computer and Internet Use and Performance on Standardized Tests by Secondary School Students with Visual Impairments.
Introduction: The study presented here explored the relationship between computer and Internet use and the performance on standardized tests by secondary school students with visual impairments. Methods: With data retrieved from the first three waves (2001-05) of the National Longitudinal Transition...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness Vol. 106; no. 10; pp. 609 - 622 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct/Nov2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=82713662&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 82713662 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0145482X VIB jtl: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness issn: 0145482X maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Oct/Nov2012 vid: 106 iid: 10 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 82713662 104428033 104428033 10.1177/0145482X1210601005 82713662 ppf: 609 ppct: 13 formats: tig: atl: The Relationship Between Computer and Internet Use and Performance on Standardized Tests by Secondary School Students with Visual Impairments. aug: au: Li Zhou Griffin-Shirley, Nora Kelley, Pat Banda, Devender R. Lan, William Y. Parker, Amy T. Smith, Derrick W. affil: National Rehabilitation and Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision, Mississippi State University, 108 Herbert South, Mississippi State, MS 39762 sug: subj: Internet Utilization Computers and Computerization Utilization Vision Disorders Epidemiology Students, High School Evaluation Human Adolescence Male Female Multiple Regression Descriptive Statistics P-Value Black Persons Hispanic Americans White Persons Data Analysis, Statistical Data Analysis Software Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: Introduction: The study presented here explored the relationship between computer and Internet use and the performance on standardized tests by secondary school students with visual impairments. Methods: With data retrieved from the first three waves (2001-05) of the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, the correlational study focused on secondary school students with a primary disability of visual impairment who were capable of taking standardized tests. The unweighted sample sizes ranged from 210 to 280. The relationships between using a computer for homework and for the Internet and students' performance on standardized tests on synonyms and antonyms, comprehension of passages, calculation, applied problems, science, and social studies were investigated using multiple regression analyses, with other variables held constant, including gender, severity of vision loss, household income, multiple disability status, and race or ethnicity. Results: When gender, the severity of vision loss, household income, multiple disability status, and race or ethnicity were held constant, using a computer for the Internet had a significant positive relationship with students' performances on the passage comprehension test (p = .034), calculation test (p = .027), and science test (p = .000). However, using a computer for homework had no significant relationship with students' performances in any of the six tests that were examined. Discussion: Students who used a computer for the Internet scored significantly higher than did those who did not on the passage comprehension, calculation, and science tests. But students who used a computer for homework performed at the same level as those who did not on all six tests that were examined. Implications for practitioners: Internet use by secondary school students with visual impairments may be beneficial to the students' performance on passage comprehension, calculation, and science tests and therefore should be encouraged. Special assistance for students from low-income families, whose rate of Internet use was significantly lower than those from high-income families, should be considered. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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