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ICA Identification number
ICA-18-10184
USES, ATTITUDES AND EXPECTATIONS OF STUDENTS , TEACHERS AND
MOTHERS OF THE UTILIZATION OF INTERNET FOR EDUCATIONAL
PURPOSES.
The uses, attitudes and expectations of the utilization of Internet for educational
purposes was studied in samples of Students, Mothers and Teachers in Monterrey,
Mexico .
I. Problem and Background Information
The incorporation of Internet in Universities and Secondary schools has been widely
done in many countries, not so in Mexico. Mexico is in the process, the projects have
started in the Private Universities and Schools.
The project includes various research studies with different groups of people,
University students, Mothers, and Teachers. For the University students , the Uses and
Gratifications approach is used in regards to Internet for class projects. The students
evaluate the various aspects of Internet for final papers.
A Controlled Experiment of University students was conducted . The objective of
the experiment is to find out where do the students learn more, through reading a
news story from the computer or from a piece of paper. For the Mothers , the attitude
and perceptions towards the use of Internet , by their children for academic purposes is
studied. For the Teachers a Focus Group was conducted.