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Hidalgo, J. Francisco; Lu, Mei-Yan; Miller, Michael T. – 2000
Developments in computer technology have altered the teaching and learning process, particularly in areas of teacher preparation. Teacher education, perhaps more than any other academic discipline, utilizes the application of computer technology in human resources for both the actions of teaching and learning content and the actions of preparing…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education
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Griswold, W. Gary – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1994
Identifies three basic types of students of technical writing who fear writing with a computer. Offers suggestions to encourage them (and all technical writing students) to at least become more comfortable and current with writing technology. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computers
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Suthakaran, V.; Sedlacek, William E. – Journal of College Student Development, 1999
Study investigates the responses of college students with and without learning disabilities as to their computer use. Results did not support the proposition that students with learning disabilities may have an aversion toward computers, and furthermore reveal no indications that the students lacked self-efficacy in the use of computers. (Contains…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Higher Education
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Lee, Eun-Ju; Nass, Clifford – Human Communication Research, 2002
Presents two experiments to address the questions of if and how normative social influence operates in anonymous computer-mediated communication and human-computer interaction. Finds that the perception of interaction partner (human vs. computer) moderated the group conformity effect such that the undergraduate student subjects expressed greater…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Mediated Communication
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Reed, Lori – Critical Studies in Media Communication, 2000
Uses discourses on "computer-phobia" and "computer addiction" to describe the cultural work involved and marketing strategies used between 1960s-1990s regarding management of computer fear. Draws on popular discourses, advertisements, and advice literature to explore how the personal computer was successfully connected to middle-class family…
Descriptors: Advertising, Communication Research, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes
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Zhang, Yixin; Espinoza, Sue – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1997
This study of 296 undergraduate students investigates relationships concerning computer efficacy, attitudes toward computers, and need for learning computer skills. Multiple regression revealed attitudes toward computers, and computer self-efficacy, were significant predictors of the need for learning computing skills between two groups of…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Higher Education
Moroz, Pauline A.; Nash, John B. – 1997
The Bath County Computer Attitude Scale (BCCAS) has received limited attention concerning its reliability and validity with a U.S. adult population. As developed by G. G. Bear, H. C. Richards, and P. Lancaster in 1987, the instrument assessed attitudes toward computers in areas of computer use, computer-aided instruction, programming and technical…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Factor Analysis
O'Donnell, Karen – 1993
Although numerous studies focus upon computer attitudes and computer anxiety, relatively few studies analyze the interaction between a computer laboratory assistant and the individual who is asking the question. This paper begins with a brief overview of the literature that discusses attitudes towards computers, computer anxiety, and computer…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Computer Anxiety
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Whitley, Bernard E., Jr. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1996
Gender differences in attitudes toward computers are examined. Subjects were 136 male and 185 female introductory psychology students. The following were assessed: self confidence; anxiety; beliefs about the impact of computers on society; general positive and negative beliefs; and effects of prior experience. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Gender Issues
Moroz, Pauline A.; Nash, John B. – 1997
The Computer Self-Efficacy Scale (CSE) developed by C. A. Murphy, D. Coover, and S. V. Owen (1989) is an instrument purported to assess computer-related competencies. Previous research into the factor structure of the CSE has yielded conflicting results. In this study, the scale was used to collect data from 216 graduate education students. A…
Descriptors: Competence, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Experience
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Vogel, Lora Ann – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1994
Reports on a study conducted to evaluate how individual differences in anxiety levels affect performance on computer versus paper-and-pencil forms of verbal sections of the Graduate Record Examination. Contrary to the research hypothesis, analysis of scores revealed that extroverted and less computer anxious subjects scored significantly lower on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Attitudes
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Robertson, Lona J.; Stanforth, Nancy – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences: From Research to Practice, 1999
A survey of 205 family and consumer-sciences majors showed that 68% have access to computers; 58% of those with computers felt their skills were good to excellent; computer attitudes (confidence, ease, enjoyment) were related to self-reported skill levels; and 62.9% were interested in taking a Web-based course. (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, College Students, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes
Hurme, Pertti – 1997
This study described the experiences of a communications technology course for first-year students in a communications department, arranged in 1994-96. The learning process was monitored by means of a qualitative analysis of diaries written by 161 first-year students at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, complemented by a survey of the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Francis, Leslie J. – Computers and Education, 1994
Describes a study of undergraduate students in Wales that was conducted to investigate the relationship between computer attitudes and gender stereotyping of computer use. Use and reliability of the Computer Attitude Scale are discussed, and computer anxiety as a result of stereotyping is considered. (Contains 66 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education
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Bohlin, Roy M.; Hunt, Nancy P. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1995
Describes a study that investigated the effects of course structure variables, including course length and course frequency, on the computer anxiety, confidence, and attitudes of pre- and inservice teachers. Results show students in courses that met over a longer period of time had significantly greater changes in computer anxiety, confidence, and…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Course Organization
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