"Attitudes Toward Using Social Networking Sites in Educational Settings with Underperforming Latino Youth: A Mixed Methods Study"

Urban Education Article

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This mixed methods study explores underperforming Latino high school students’ comfort levels with using computers for completing schoolwork, and with allowing teachers into their online social interaction spaces.

 

• Research Question #1: How comfortable are

underperforming Latino students with using CMC

to interact with school personnel and classmates?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Research Question #2: Does gender influence high school students’ perceived comfort levels with using CMC in educational settings?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Qualitative date indicated:

  • peer influences were a dominant factor in these students’ histories of academic struggles.

  • that students were uncomfortable mixing personal life with school work.