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McCord, Joan – 1984
Surveys of faculty and students at Drexel University were conducted to assess the effects of the university's decision in late 1982 to require all incoming freshmen to buy computers. A May 1983 survey determined faculty experiences with computers, their teaching preferences, and educational backgrounds. Based on responses from 328 faculty (93%),…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Students, Computer Literacy
LaBorie, Tim; Donnelly, Leslie – 1985
Drexel University instituted a microcomputing program in 1984 which required all freshmen to own Apple Macintosh microcomputers. All students were taught database searching on the BRS (Bibliographic Retrieval Services) system as part of the freshman humanities curriculum, and the university library was chosen as the site to house continuing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Freshmen, Computer Literacy, Computer Software
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
Peer reviewedSheffield, Caryl J. – Action in Teacher Education, 1996
Reports a study that examined entering preservice teachers' prior experience in word processing, database, and spreadsheet software, based on self-reported information. Factors that influenced students' entering skills (for example, gender and computer experience) were noted. Survey data indicated that the subjects had little prior knowledge of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
McCord, Joan – 1985
Results of 1983 and 1984 surveys of faculty and students at Drexel University are reviewed to evaluate the effects of the requirement that incoming students must buy a microcomputer. Slightly more than half the faculty were computer-competent (i.e., had considerable experience with at least one class of computer, with using computers in teaching,…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Choice, College Faculty, College Freshmen
Download full textStrickland, James – 1987
Although there are many retrospective accounts from teachers and professional writers concerning the effect of computers on their writing, there are few real-time accounts of students struggling to simultaneously develop as writers and cope with computers. To fill this void in "testimonial data," a study examining talking-aloud protocols from a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
