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On Test and Computer Anxiety: Test Performance under CAT and SAT Conditions.
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Shermis, Mark D.; Mzumara, Howard R.; Bublitz, Scott T. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2001
This study of undergraduates examined differences between computer adaptive testing (CAT) and self-adaptive testing (SAT), including feedback conditions and gender differences. Results of the Test Anxiety Inventory, Computer Anxiety Rating Scale, and a Student Attitude Questionnaire showed measurement efficiency is differentially affected by test…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Testing, Gender Issues
Gender Differences in Self-Efficacy and Attitudes toward Computers.
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Busch, Tor – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1995
Investigates gender differences in computer use among 147 college students. Students completed a questionnaire designed to measure self-efficacy, computer anxiety, computer liking, and computer confidence. Results indicate gender differences in perceived self-efficacy in word processing and spreadsheet software. No gender differences were found in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes
Do Male Students Often Perform Better than Female Students when Learning Computers? A Study of Taiwanese Eighth Graders' Computer Education through Strategic and Cooperative Learning.
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Tsai, Meng-Jung – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2002
This study of Taiwanese eight graders investigated the impacts of strategic learning, cooperative learning, and their combination on junior high school students' computer achievement, attitudes, and anxiety. Highlights include the interaction between gender and learning context; higher computer anxiety among boys; and the role of the culture of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
The Impact of Psychological Gender, Gender-Related Perceptions, Significant Others, and The Introducer of Technology upon Computer Anxiety in Students.
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Brosnan, Mark J. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1998
A survey of 119 undergraduate psychology students investigated the gender-related effects of masculinity, femininity, and perceiving technology to be masculinized upon computer anxiety in addition to the effect of significant others who use computers and the introducer of the technology. Examines the extent to which computer anxiety in teachers…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education
Gender, Computer-Assisted Learning, and Anxiety: With a Little Help from a Friend.
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Cooper, Joel; Stone, Jeff – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1996
Examines the effects of group gender composition and the use of nonverbal computer mediated communication on performance and motivation following a biology lesson which used a computer image of a human face. Subjects were boys and girls ages 10 to 15. Findings indicate that anxiety had opposite effects for boys and girls when the computer-animated…
Descriptors: Animation, Biology, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction
Toward Understanding Student Differences in a Computer Skills Course.
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Houle, Philip A. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1996
Describes a study that examined various characteristics of undergraduate students enrolled in a computer skills course. Variables considered include gender, college major, high school computer courses, other prior computer experience, computer self-efficacy, computer attitude, computer anxiety, and cognitive style. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes