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Hung, Yu Hsin; Chang, Ray I.; Lin, Chun Fu – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
In recent decades, the rapid growth of technology has resulted in software being widely applied in various domains. Attitudes toward using software play an important role in every industry. This study aims to explore the software literacy of accounting students along with their personal traits, such as learning styles and user behavior. This was a…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Accounting, Majors (Students), Computer Software
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Salminen-Karlsson, Minna – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2009
This article argues that research on gender and adult learning too often regards men and women as unified and separate groups, and does not take intra-gender variation into account. It presents one possible approach to address this problem, in a study of 142 women and 35 men attending basic computer courses in Swedish municipal adult education…
Descriptors: Females, Computer Attitudes, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Bhrommalee, Panu – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Online learning provides learners with more convenient and flexible ways of learning than does a traditional learning environment. Many Thai universities have implemented online learning for their students despite a lack of knowledge and understanding about students' attitudes toward and behavioral intention to using the system. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cognitive Style, Student Attitudes, Online Courses
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Pillay, Hitendra; Irving, Kym; Tones, Megan – Higher Education Research and Development, 2007
Increasing numbers of educational institutions are adopting an online approach to teaching and learning; however, little regard has been given to the prerequisite personal and technical qualities required for academic achievement and satisfaction within this environment. In recognition of this, researchers have been exploring the design,…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Learning Readiness, Online Courses, Test Reliability
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Anderson, Daniel K.; Reed, W. Michael – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1998
Examines how the Field Independent/Dependent (FI/D) learning styles of 24 science and math teachers in West Virginia might relate to the teachers' attitudes toward the Internet. Research questions focused on the effect of an Internet-based workshop on Internet-related knowledge and attitudes, relationship between prior computer experiences and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Qutami, Yusuf; Abu-Jaber, Majed – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1997
Self-efficacy in computer skills of 165 students in an introductory computer course at Sultan Qaboos University (Oman) was examined according to gender and cognitive learning style. Results indicated no gender effect on the overall computer self-efficacy score, differences in some low-level computer skills favoring males, and differences in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Foreign Countries
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Shiue, Ya-Ming – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2003
This study examines the influences of learners' characteristics on the development of computer self-efficacy using the GOMS (goal, operators, methods, and selection rules) model. Students' learning style, prior computer course experience, and computer self-efficacy were measured in the pretest, and computer self-efficacy was measured in the…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Cognitive Style, Self Efficacy, Literacy
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Moldafsky, Neil I; Kwon, Ik-Whan – Computers in Human Behavior, 1994
Reviews current literature about personal, demographic, situational, and cognitive attributes that affect computer-aided decision making. The effectiveness of computer-aided decision making is explored in relation to decision quality, effectiveness, and confidence. Studies of the effects of age, anxiety, cognitive type, attitude, gender, and prior…
Descriptors: Age, Cognitive Style, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes
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Riding, Richard J.; Rayner, Stephen – Educational Psychology, 1995
Considers the possibilities and implications of integrating psychoeducational methods and processes with the interactive transfer of information on a worldwide basis. Identifies various components and characteristics of this integration and presents some broad models of how it might work. Emphasizes the importance of educational psychology to this…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
For the twenty-seventh year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Communications, Educational Technology, Mathematics Instruction