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Teacher's Computer Self-Efficacy and Its Relationship with Cognitive Style and TPACK
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López-Vargas, Omar; Duarte-Suárez, Leydy; Ibáñez-Ibáñez, Jaime – Improving Schools, 2017
The research reviews the existing relationship between teachers' computer self-efficacy, cognitive style in the field dependence-independence (FDI) dimension, and technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). It also inquired into the influence of teachers' performance area on self-efficacy and TPACK. In total, 208 teachers from a public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Self Efficacy
A Practical Research Tool for Assessing Ability to Use Computers: The Computer Ability Survey (CAS).
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Kay, Robin H. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1993
Describes a study of 647 preservice teachers in Ontario that used the Computer Ability Survey (CAS) to assess 4 components of computer literacy: software ability, awareness, programming skill, and perceived control. Correlations and validity for the CAS are discussed, and results of a principal-components factor analysis are reported. (Contains 39…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Correlation
Computer Anxiety Correlates and What They Tell Us: A Literature Review.
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Maurer, Matthew M. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1994
Research suggests that computer anxiety and computer experience are related. Some relationship between age and gender and computer anxiety has been suggested but not sufficiently examined. Other relationships have been explored with little result, and little is known about mediating computer anxiety. A model of the development of computer anxiety…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
Acquiring Structural Knowledge from Semantically Structured Hypertext.
Jonassen, David H.; Wang, Sherwood – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1993
Discussion of hypertext structures focuses on three studies of preservice teachers that assessed the effects of different methods of explicitly mapping expert knowledge structures onto hypertext on the acquisition of structural knowledge. Topics addressed include time on task, semantic networking, cognitive limitations of browsing behavior, and…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Correlation
Enrollment in Computer Courses by College Students: Computer Proficiency, Attitudes, and Attributions.
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Campbell, N. Jo – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1992
Describes a study of undergraduate students that examined the relationship between selection of college computer courses and self-perceived proficiency in using computers, computer causal attributions, and selected computer attitudes. Gender issues are addressed, correlations between variables are examined, and implications for educators are…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Correlation