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Experiments with Computer-Simulated Microworlds: Escaping Both the Narrow Straits of the Laboratory and the Deep Blue Sea of the Field Study.
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Brehmer, Berndt; Dorner, Dietrich – Computers in Human Behavior, 1993
Discusses experimental work with computer-simulated microworlds as a means for overcoming the tension between laboratory research and field research in psychology. Topics addressed include characteristics of microworlds; examples of microworlds; and three approaches to research with microworlds, including the individual differences approach, case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Simulation, Field Studies, Individual Differences
Impression Management, Candor, and Microcomputer-Based Organizational Surveys: An Individual Differences Approach.
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Rosenfeld, Paul; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1991
A study of employed undergraduate management students was conducted to determine whether responses on computerized surveys are more candid than those on paper-and-pencil scales. Subjects were given either a paper-and-pencil or a computer version of the Job Descriptive Index (JDI) and the Self-Monitoring Scale to measure job satisfaction. (43…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Individual Differences
Individual Differences, Computers, and Instruction.
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Ayersman, David J.; Minden, Avril von – Computers in Human Behavior, 1995
Provides a conceptual foundation for the development of hypermedia as an instructional tool for addressing individual differences in learning styles. Highlights include a literature review; computers and instruction; individual differences, computers, and instruction; cognitive controls; cognitive styles and learning; personality types; and future…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Futures (of Society), Hypermedia
Functions, Applications, and Design Guidelines for Multiple Window Environments.
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Jonassen, David H. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1989
Defines the functions of windows that are used as visual display techniques in computer software systems, reviews research on the effectiveness of window environments, discusses knowledge structures, and presents principles for designing windowed environments based on research findings and individual differences and screen design research. (10…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Design Requirements, Individual Differences
Computer Anxiety Correlates and What They Tell Us: A Literature Review.
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Maurer, Matthew M. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1994
Research suggests that computer anxiety and computer experience are related. Some relationship between age and gender and computer anxiety has been suggested but not sufficiently examined. Other relationships have been explored with little result, and little is known about mediating computer anxiety. A model of the development of computer anxiety…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
Attributes Affecting Computer-Aided Decision Making--A Literature Survey.
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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
Older Adults' Acquisition of Word Processing: The Contribution of Cognitive Abilities and Computer Anxiety.
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Dyck, Jennifer L.; Smither, Janan Al-Awar – Computers in Human Behavior, 1996
Describes a study that examined relationships between computer attitude, computer experience, gender, cognitive abilities, and the acquisition of word processing by older adults. Highlights include results from computer attitude questionnaires, spatial scanning, inductive and deductive reasoning as predictors of word processing knowledge, and the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes