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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED341375 AUTHOR: Martinez, Michael E.; Mead, Nancy A.
TITLE: Computer Competence: The First National Assessment.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1988
NOTE: 85 p.
AVAILABILITY: National Assessment of Educational Progress
at Educational Testing Service, Rosedale Road, Princeton,
NJ 08541-0001 (No. 17-CC-01).
ABSTRACT: This report contains the results of a national
survey conducted by the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) during the 1985-86 school year. The report,
which attempts to capture the interacting forces
influencing computer competence among students, is
presented in six chapters: (1) Overview (major findings,
significance of this assessment, and importance of computer
competence); (2) Assessing Computer Competence (i.e.,
knowledge of computer technology, computer applications,
and computer programming); (3) Attitudes, Instruction, and
Access (student attitudes toward computers, experience with
computers, computer use in the school, and computer use
outside the school); (4) Computer Competence among
Subgroups (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, parental
education, public/non-public education, and community and
religion); (5) Computer Coordinators (their
characteristics, teaching activities, professional
experience and training, and professional confidence); and
(6) Implications. The major findings of this survey
indicate that access to a computer at home is positively
related to computer competence; students like using
computers; computers are seldom used in subject areas such
as reading, math, or science; males demonstrate more
competence than females; racial differences exist, favoring
white students over black students; computer competence is
increased for students whose parents went to college, who
attend non-public schools, and who live in the northeast;
and many computer coordinators have minimal training in
computer studies. Sample survey questions are provided in
each area and the results are reported in tables and graphs
as well as in narrative form. A description of the
methodology of the study is appended. Numerous charts
and graphs are included, and a procedural appendix
concludes the document. (DB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Grade-3;
Grade-7; Grade-11; Parent-Education; Programing-; Racial
Differences; Sex-Differences; Student-Attitudes;
Use-Studies
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Competence-; *Computer-Literacy;
*Elementary-School-Students; *High-School-Students;
*Microcomputers-; *National-Surveys
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