Knowledge of ICT of Secondary School Graduates
Volume 11, Issue 2 (2012), pp. 257–269
Pub. online: 15 October 2012
Type: Article
Published
15 October 2012
15 October 2012
Abstract
The paper analyses the results of the computer literacy survey conducted among the 11th and 12th form students in gymnasiums and secondary schools in Lithuania. The basis for the questionnaire was taken from previous surveys carried out in Vilnius Pedagogical University. The questionnaire is divided into five topics, such as computer hardware and software, information handling, text and hypertext, the Internet, spreadsheets and presentations. The following article discusses only the first three topics.
The data was collected from April to September 2010 through an online survey internet site www.apklausa.lt. The sample of the survey includes 1596 students from Lithuania.
The aims of the paper are to record students' knowledge about information technologies, explore the main topics and recommend improvements for the discipline of information technologies.