Why Kids Aren't Crazy about Computers. Special Report: Computers in the Schools.

Pulos, Steven; Fisher, Sarah

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ERIC Number: EJ331343

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Publication Date: 1986

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Why Kids Aren't Crazy about Computers. Special Report: Computers in the Schools.

Pulos, Steven; Fisher, Sarah

Principal, v65 n3 p26-27 Jan 1986

A recent study of children's attitudes toward computers revealed that most students are not interested in computers, do not intend to use them as adults, and have many misconceptions and stereotypic ideas about computers. (MD)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Childhood Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Negative Attitudes, Opinions, Stereotypes, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Research

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Audience: Administrators; Policymakers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: For related articles, see EA 519 642-645.