... Appendix A). This will be used as a pre-test in order to get into the group. Students will be chosen that score the highest on the number of times they access the Internet on a daily basis and the number of different tasks that they perform via the Internet. This aspect will make the sample a purposive one as the group will be selected on the characteristic of Internet use. A male and female ... to form a group of eight interviewees. This sample will thus be homogeneous in that they use the Internet a great deal and heterogeneous in their gender and years of education. After the group h...

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... actually making kids smarter, or are these new technologies just expensive new toys? In 1989, the schools in Union City, NJ., were among the worst in the nation. They failed in 44 of the 52 categories on the statewide school assessment test. The state officials warned the schools that they would take over if their assessment test marks did not improve. This threat caused them to develop one of ... and information between groups by and of the following: income, race, gender, location, or education. The term "digital divide" became common after publication of the U.S. Department of Commer...

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