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Enhancing Self-Efficacy for Computer Technologies through the Use of Positive Classroom Experiences.

Ertmer, Peggy A.; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1994
Describes a study of undergraduates completing electronic mail and word processing tasks that investigated the effects of experience on attitudes toward computers and judgment of confidence, or self-efficacy. Use of the Computer Technologies Survey is discussed, and treatment of experimental and control groups is described. Survey instrument and…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Electronic Mail

Russon, A. E.; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1994
Describes a study that investigated how to teach computer skills to undergraduate female novice users through the design of an instructional manual that facilitated learning computer skills and increased computer self-efficacy by using familiar analogies. Treatment of the experimental and control groups is explained, and measurement techniques are…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Females

Van Haalen, Teresa; Bright, George W. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1993
Describes a study of fifth graders that investigated whether types of revision and quality of writing vary for bilingual and monolingual students when using word processors as compared with paper and pencil. Topics discussed include keyboarding skills, bilingualism, and language art skills. (Contains 27 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Analysis of Variance, Bilingual Students, Comparative Analysis