Jackson Linda A, von Eye Alexander, Biocca Frank A, Barbatsis Gretchen, Zhao Yong, Fitzgerald Hiram E
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Dev Psychol. 2006 May;42(3):429-35. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.3.429.
HomeNetToo is a longitudinal field study designed to examine the antecedents and consequences of home Internet use in low-income families (http://www.HomeNetToo.org). The study was done between December 2000 and June 2002. Among the consequences considered was children's academic performance. Participants were 140 children, mostly African American (83%), mostly boys (58%), and most living in single-parent households (75%) in which the median annual income was 15,000 (U.S. dollars) or less. Average age was 13.8 years. Ages ranged between 10 and 18 years, Internet use was continuously recorded, and multiple measures of academic performance were obtained during the 16-month trial. Findings indicated that children who used the Internet more had higher scores on standardized tests of reading achievement and higher grade point averages 6 months, 1 year, and 16 months later than did children who used it less. Older children used the Internet more than did younger children, but age had no effect on the nature or the academic performance benefits of Internet use. Implications for the digital "use" divide are discussed.
“家庭网络二号”（HomeNetToo）是一项纵向实地研究，旨在调查低收入家庭使用家庭互联网的前因后果（http://www.HomeNetToo.org）。该研究于2000年12月至2002年6月期间进行。研究考虑的后果之一是儿童的学业成绩。研究对象为140名儿童，其中大多数是非裔美国人（83%），大多数是男孩（58%），大多数生活在单亲家庭（75%），这些家庭的年中位数收入为15,000美元或更低。平均年龄为13.8岁。年龄在10至18岁之间，在为期16个月的试验期间持续记录互联网使用情况，并获取了多项学业成绩衡量指标。研究结果表明，与较少使用互联网的儿童相比，较多使用互联网的儿童在阅读成绩标准化测试中的得分更高，在6个月、1年和16个月后的平均绩点也更高。年龄较大的儿童比年龄较小的儿童使用互联网更多，但年龄对互联网使用的性质或学业成绩益处没有影响。文中讨论了数字“使用”鸿沟的相关影响。
