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Cetin, Ibrahim – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
Computational thinking has been gaining new impetus in the academic community and in K-12 level education. Scratch is a visual programming environment that can be utilized to teach and learn introductory computing concepts. There are some studies investigating the effectiveness of Scratch for K-12 level education. However, studies that have been…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Computation, Programming
Larbi-Apau, Josephine A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined computer attitude, and the impact of personal characteristics and ICT adoption patterns on performance of multidisciplinary teaching faculty in three public universities in Ghana. A cross-sectional research of mixed methods was applied in collecting data and information. Quantitative data from 164 respondents were analyzed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Universities
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Alazzam, Abu-Obaideh; Bakar, Ab Rahim; Hamzah, Ramlah; Asimiran, S. – International Education Studies, 2012
The aim of this study was to examine ICT readiness and the effects of demographic characteristics, educational background, and support factors on the ICT readiness of technical and vocational teachers in Malaysia. The questionnaire was administered to 329 technical and vocational teachers who are teaching engineering subjects in Malaysian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Background
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Pamuk, Savas; Peker, Deniz – Computers & Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate Turkish pre-service science and mathematics teachers' computer self-efficacies (CSEs) and computer attitude (CA) considering gender, year in program, and computer ownership as independent variables. Additionally the study aimed to examine the relationship between CSE and CA. Computer Self-efficacy Scale…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Ownership, Computer Attitudes, Measures (Individuals)
Saparniene, Diana; Merkys, Gediminas; Saparnis, Gintaras – Online Submission, 2005
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to identify and define the existing students' statistical types by their attitudes towards a computer (emotional-motivational relationship with a computer) and to disclose the connection with factual computer literacy using multidimensional statistical methods. Methodology: The empirical-experimental part of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Data Analysis, Multivariate Analysis