Issues in Students' Computer Skills

Abstract:

Our study is devoted to the influences on students success in mastering the computer. Intensive development of information technology, such as mobile wireless technologies, in education has lead to unrealized opportunities in education: distance learning, mobile learning. The issue of teaching computer technologies has been intensifying as teachers are following the technology innovation progress slower then their pupils. Our aim was to find out what influences students computer skills. We analyzed some factors in tests of Russian, Japanese and American students with ages of 15, 16 and 17. Attained results helped us to state some proposals and recommendation.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 433-435)
• Pages: 2471-2475
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.433-435.2471
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Tatyana N. Gnitetskaya, Pavel V. Gnitetskiy
• Keywords: Computer Skills, Information Technology (IT)

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