Age Differences in Home Computer Availability and Use

The influence of age, gender and other information technology use on young people's computer use at school and home.

Young people are exposed to a range of information technologies (IT) in different environments, including home and school, however the factors influencing IT use at home and school are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate young people's computer exposure patterns at home and school, and related factors such as age, gender and the types of IT used. 1351 children in Years 1...

High-availability computer systems - Computer

September 1991 aradoxically, the larger a system is, the more critical but less likely it is to be highly available. We can build small ultra-available modules, but building large systems involving thousands of modules and millions of lines of code is a poorly understood art, even though such large systems are a core technology of modern society. Three decades ago, hardware components were the ...

Age differences in the formation and use of cognitive maps.

Topographical orientation relies on the integrity of several cognitive functions and different strategies that individuals may adopt while navigating in the environment. Although previous studies have shown an age-related decline in navigational ability, these have not clarified the precise function or strategy that is affected. We hypothesized that aging may have an adverse effect on the abili...

the relationship between listening self efficacy, listening comprehension, gende, and age in male and female english learners

چکیده هدف اصلی تحقیق حاضر مطالعه و بررسی رابطه بین خودکارامدی شنیداری با درک شنیداری بود.همچنین رابطه درک شنیداری وخودکارآمدی شنیداری با جنسیت و رابطه خودکارامدی شنیداری با سن نیز مورد بررسی قرار گرفت.تعداد شصت زبان اموز-سی دختر و سی پسر- کانون زبان ایران در مرکز خرم آباد به صورت تصادفی انتخاب شدند. روشهای به کار رفته در جمع اوری داده ها عبارت بودند ازبرسشنامه خودکارآمدی و تست درک شنیداری لانگ...

Gender Differences in Teenagers' Elective Use of Computer Technology