Discovering Statistics Using SPSS
Discovering Statistics Using SPSS
In-class laptop use and its effects on student learning
Computers & Education
Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World HC
Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World HC
Can students really multitask? An experimental study of instant messaging while reading
Computers & Education
A walk down the red carpet: students as producers of digital video-based knowledge
International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning
The Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale: An empirical investigation
Computers in Human Behavior
Augmented safety in the laboratory with mobile technology
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Technological Ecosystem for Enhancing Multiculturality
Students' perceptions of Facebook for academic purposes
Computers & Education
Computers in Human Behavior
Implementing tablet PCs in schools: Students' attitudes and opinions
Computers in Human Behavior
Teacher perceptions of using mobile phones in the classroom: Age matters!
Computers & Education
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This study investigated the claims made in the popular press about the ''digital native'' generation as learners. Because students' lives today are saturated with digital media at a time when their brains are still developing, many popular press authors claim that this generation of students thinks and learns differently than any generation that has come before, but the evidence to support these claims is scarce. This study used a survey to gather data on the technology use of university freshmen, the degree to which they identified with the claims being made about their approaches to learning, and the productiveness (in terms of focused attention, deep processing, and persistence) of their approaches to learning. Valid surveys were received from 388 freshmen at a large Midwestern land grant university. A factor analysis was used to identify meaningful patterns of technology use, and descriptive statistics, analysis of correlations, and extreme group t-tests were used to explore the relationships between technology use patterns and learning characteristics. The findings indicate some positive correlations between use of digital technology and the characteristics ascribed in the popular press to the digital native learners, and negative correlations between some categories of technology use and the productiveness of student learning behaviors. Overall, however, the small to moderate relationships suggest a less deterministic relationship between technology and learning than what the popular press writers claim.