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Computer Knowledge and Attitudes of Pre-Service Teachers in College Computer Education Courses.
Price, Robert V.; Brunson, Gwen – 1986
A study was conducted at Texas Tech University to determine whether significant changes had occurred in the entry level computer knowledge and attitudes of students enrolling in College of Education undergraduate computer literacy courses over a 3-year period, and to determine any implications such changes might have for planners of these courses.…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Correlation, Course Content, Higher Education
Computer Experience and Computer Anxiety: Two Pilot Studies.
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Jones, Paul E.; Wall, Robert E. – 1985
Two descriptive pilot studies employed a multi-group and pre- and post-design to analyze the relationship between students' exposure to computers and reductions in their computer anxiety scores and the relationship between the amount of computer exposure to computer anxiety scores. In the first study, standardized measures of computer anxiety and…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Educational Technology, Graduate Students
Pre-Service Teachers and Search Engines: Prior Knowledge and Instructional Implications
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Colaric, Susan M.; Fine, Bethann; Hofmann, William – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
There is a wealth of information available on the World Wide Web that can assist pre-service teachers in their course studies. Yet observation of students in a technology integration class indicated that students were not able to find resources efficiently or reliably. The purpose of this study was to establish a baseline of what undergraduate,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Educational Technology, Computer Literacy, Search Engines
Empirical Effects of Selected Antecedent Computer Literacy Skills on Computer Orientation of College Students
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Massey, Tom K., Jr.; Engelbrecht, James W. – Computers and Education, 1987
This study of college students in business administration classes compares attitudes toward office computer use of students with typing or word processing skills to those of students without those skills. Results show typing and/or word processing skills were associated with greater degree of conceptual understanding of future office computer use.…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Concept Formation
Developing Computer Literacy: What Are We Actually Teaching Preservice Teachers?
McDermott, Brian G. – 1985
Responding to the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) "Essential Computing Competencies for Educators" (1983), the teacher's education program at Texas A&M University developed several computer literacy courses for its students. An evaluation was conducted of the first of these courses, "Microcomputer Literacy for Educators," to…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Correlation, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Investigating the Effects of Human Factors on the Outcomes of a Library Computer Literacy Program. Final Report.
Albritton, Rosie L.; Sievert, MaryEllen C. – 1987
This study investigated the relationship of the effects of library staff attitudes toward computer technology on their level of participation in a library computer literacy program. A series of in-service computer workshops at the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries provided the opportunity to investigate computer anxiety among library…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Anxiety, College Libraries, Computer Literacy