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Computer-Based Training for Immigrant Latinos with Limited Formal Education

Oregon Health & Science University

Alys Tamulinas

Oregon Health & Science University

Andrea Uribe

Oregon Health & Science University

César Ayala

Monrovia Nursery

Mexican immigrants working at a wholesale nursery were involved in developing user instructions for a computer-based instruction system. Sixty-one Latinos with 0 to 16 years of education completed user instructions delivered on the computer, and all but 3 completed training content about the nursery. Based on objective criteria, program use was rated as "somewhat easy" to "easy" for most participants with more than 3 years of education, whereas 50% of those with 0 to 2 years of education completed content with "difficulty" or "struggled." Participants who completed the computer-based posttest (n =22) had a mean performance of 96%, which was significantly better than the performance of 87% (n = 18) on an oral pretest (p = .003, d = 1.02). Thus, computer-based instruction can effectively train immigrant Latinos who have very limited formal education.

Key Words: computer-based instruction (CBI) • computer-assisted instruction (CAI) • Hispanic • Latino • limited education • literacy

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Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 26, No. 3, 373-389 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0739986304267735


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