At Pinkerton Academy, senior students use computers more frequently. Students with one or more courses that require a computer for at least one assignment are 1.4 times more likely to use computers at school These results imply that students at Pinkerton Academy often use computers at school for schoolwork.
At Kim Lien High School, seniors do not use computers as often as juniors. Although there is a correlation in the number of assignments requiring PCs with computer usage frequency at home, this factor is not significant in explaining the computer usage frequency at school. This indicates that Kim Lien High School students do not often use school computers for schoolwork. This is also supported by the fact that the IT skills score for Vietnamese students based on activities at school alone is very low, with mean equals 1.5 points (max score = 34). This score, when based on activities students does on computers outside of school is significantly higher (one-sided t-test, p-value < 0.0001), with mean of 12 points. |