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Yu, Zhonggen – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2020
The extended constructs of technology acceptance model (TAM) have rarely been linked to psychological influence factors. This study complements for the missing link in literature through structural equation modeling and a nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test based on the data obtained from a large-scale questionnaire survey. It is concluded that (a)…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Adoption (Ideas), Self Esteem, Gender Differences
Miller, Matilda – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Technological standards have existed for years encouraging the use of computer technology as a teaching tool. By increasing technology use in the classroom, educators are able to address teaching and learning opportunities for all students. The need for these opportunities is essential in the rural areas of the U. S. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Computer Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Computer Software
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Chao, Shu-Hua – Australian Educational Computing, 2009
Research has shown that girls do not participate as much as boys in Information Technology (IT) in the senior years of high school. Despite research in the 1990s which identified the under-representation of girls in IT, the same pattern still continues. In addition, the complex reasons for this gender divide, and how to counter it, remain unclear.…
Descriptors: Role Models, Females, Gender Differences, Information Technology
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Lenard, Mary Jane; Wessels, Susan; Khanlarian, Cindi – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
Using a model developed by Young (2000), this paper explores the relationship between performance in the Accounting Information Systems course, self-assessed computer skills, and attitudes toward computers. Results show that after taking the AIS course, students experience a change in perception about their use of computers. Females'…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Models, Academic Achievement
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Li, Nai; Kirkup, Gill – Computers and Education, 2007
This study investigates differences in use of, and attitudes toward the Internet and computers generally for Chinese and British students, and gender differences in this cross-cultural context. Two hundred and twenty Chinese and 245 British students' responses to a self-report survey questionnaire are discussed. Significant differences were found…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Internet
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Redmond, Petrea – Australian Educational Computing, 2006
Females are under-represented in education, training and employment in the area of Information Communication Technology (ICT). Research shows that girls are tuning out to ICTs in school and they have a low participation rate in ICT related tertiary study and employment. The Tech Savvy report by the American Association of University Women (2000)…
Descriptors: Females, Information Technology, Disproportionate Representation, Computer Literacy