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Older Adults' Acquisition of Word Processing: The Contribution of Cognitive Abilities and Computer Anxiety.

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Dyck, Jennifer L.; Smither, Janan Al-Awar – Computers in Human Behavior, 1996

Describes a study that examined relationships between computer attitude, computer experience, gender, cognitive abilities, and the acquisition of word processing by older adults. Highlights include results from computer attitude questionnaires, spatial scanning, inductive and deductive reasoning as predictors of word processing knowledge, and the…

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes