1. Children in the Information Age / Betty A. Collis and Takashi Sakamoto -- 2. Three Multinational Studies / Betty A. Collis, Gerald A. Knezek and Kwok-Wing Lai [and others] -- 3. Information Technology and Children From a Global Perspective / Willem J. Pelgrum and Tjeerd Plomp -- 4. Information Technology and Children From a Classroom Perspective / Betty A. Collis and Kwok-Wing Lai -- 5. Information Technology From the Child's Perspective / Gerald A. Knezek, Keiko T. Miyashita and Takashi Sakamoto -- 6. Reflections. Reflections on Selected Research Topics / Gerald A. Knezek and Keiko T. Miyashita. Measuring the Effects of Computers in Education: Methods and Research / Betty A. Collis
Summary
This volume integrates research findings from three multinational studies conducted to examine the impact of children's use of computers in school. Conclusions are drawn from in-depth analyses of trends in more than 20 nations. Its seven authors from four nations were key researchers on these projects. Both a study and a product of the information age, this work is of prime importance to teachers, teacher educators, and school administrators. This work is unique in three important ways: * it presents data gathered in many regions of the world; * many of the authors are well-kn
