The impact of multimedia on critical thinking and writing of Saudi secondary school students

被引：1
作者：
Al-Hammadi F.S. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Department of Foreign Languages, College of Education, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa
来源：
Information Technology Journal | 2010年 / 9卷 / 01期
关键词：
Computer; Critical thinking; Essays; Gender-specific; Multimedia; Writing;
D O I：
10.3923/itj.2010.11.19
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摘要：
A study was carried out to investigate the impact of multi-media on the critical thinking and writing of Saudi secondary school students. The study compared the critical thinking in two writing samples (essays) from adolescents who attended two Saudi secondary schools for boys and girls. The results demonstrated a gender-specific effect of using computers to compose essays. The boys produced significantly more words, sentences and paragraphs by using computers than those who did not use computer to write and received higher ratings on a structured rubric. Girls scored identical grades in both conditions (handwritten and computer) and performed consistently at par with the boys using computers. © 2010 Asian Network for Scientific Information.
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