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Juska, Arunas; Paris, Arthur E. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1993
Examines the structure of undergraduate computing at a large private university, including patterns of use, impact of computer ownership and gender, and the bureaucratic structure in which usage is embedded. The profile of computer use uncovered in a survey is compared with reports offered by the institution and the trade press. (10 references)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Higher Education, Microcomputers
Peer reviewedCreighton, Walter; Kilcoyne, Margaret – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1997
An analysis of 87 undergraduate questionnaires found that students' perceived increased levels of expertise in 25 skills after taking a self-paced word processing and worksheet/spreadsheet applications course. Examined the relationship between age, gender, race, and grades, and found a positive correlation between grades and perceptions in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Peer reviewedArch, Elizabeth C.; Cummins, David E. – Sex Roles, 1989
Differences in computer use, attitude, and efficacy between female and male college freshmen were studied. It was found that when computer training was integrated into classroom work, sex differences in attitude and use declined. Unstructured, voluntary exposure to computers, however, elicited responses suggesting opposing mechanisms for females…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, College Freshmen, Computer Literacy, Core Curriculum
Download full textHahn, Jung Sun – 1986
This paper describes the results of a study of the microcomputer use patterns reflected by more than 13,000 users' records from the microcomputer laboratory at Western Kentucky University for 1983 to 1986. The data analyzed focused on: (1) numbers of users; (2) frequent user groups; (3) sex differences; (4) prime time usage; (5) the use of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Computer Literacy, Computer Software
Peer reviewedWoodrow, Janice E. J. – Computers and Education, 1991
Describes a study of student teachers that examined determinants of achievement in a computer literacy course. Correlations with measures of computer attitudes, perceived locus of control, gender, age, and prior word processing and computer experience are discussed, and the computer literacy model on which the analysis of data was based is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Computer Literacy, Correlation
The Influence of Programming Training on the Computer Literacy and Attitudes of Preservice Teachers.
Peer reviewedWoodrow, Janice E. J. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1992
This pretest/posttest study measured the change in computer literacy and attitudes toward computers among 36 preservice teachers enrolled in an introductory computer training course that was focused on developing programing skills. Independent variables included age, gender, locus of control, final grade in the course, and prior experience in word…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitude Change, Computer Literacy
