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Computers in Education Study
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... By the 199Os, computers have become a way of life in American schools. Ninety-nine percent of the elementary and secondary schools in the United States have installed computers, and gS percent of the students use them during the school year.
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... The study data collection goal was to obtain data from 400 schools per population. Stage IT: Because the samples were selected using a complex probability sampling scheme, survey weights were needed to ensure that the sampled data could be used to make accurate inferences about the target populations.
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... Data Collection am Analyses Stage Il: Because funding was not provided until September 1992, the United States was unable to conduct a full scale pilot testing within the time schedule of the international coordinating center. Nevertheless, just before the national project coordinators meeting in September over 150 students in three different population groups were pilot tested, and that data was taken to the September NPC meeting.
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... Production of a 60-minute video program has been proposed, using results from the international study. The video would be broadcast on national television in the United States and other countries.
From page 19...
... a short report on the student assessment (Functional Computer Literacy: The First International Assessment) the final collection of technical articles called the "volume." A video program using results from the international study, to be broadcast in the United States and over countries, in English and German language versions is proposed.
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... Secretariat c/o SVO Sweelinckplein 14 2517 GK The Hague THE NETHERLANDS telephone: 31-70-346-96-79 facsimile: 31-70-360-99-51 e-mail: iea@psvo.n} Stage I: Dr. Henry lay Becker, National Project Director Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools 3505 Norm Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218 telephone: 301/ 338-7570 Stage IT: Dr.
From page 21...
... Oxford: Pergamon Press. Becker, Henry Jay 1988 IEA Computers in Education Study (1989~: Summary of United States Designs and Plans.
From page 22...
... Studies in Educational Evaluation. Special issue.


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