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Characteristics of Students Who Enroll and Succeed in Psychology Web-based Classes.
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Wang, Alvin Y.; Newlin, Michael H. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
Compares cognitive-motivational and demographic characteristics of students enrolled in web-based sections of Psychological Statistics with counterparts in conventional sections of the course. No demographic differences were found, however, cyberstudents exhibited a greater external locus of control. Measures of on-line course activity, a high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
Human-Computer Interaction: A Review of the Research on Its Affective and Social Aspects.
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Deaudelin, Colette; Dussault, Marc; Brodeur, Monique – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2003
Discusses a review of 34 qualitative and non-qualitative studies related to affective and social aspects of student-computer interactions. Highlights include the nature of the human-computer interaction (HCI); the interface, comparing graphic and text types; and the relation between variables linked to HCI, mainly trust, locus of control,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
From Preservice to Practice: A Longitudinal Study of Teachers and Computer Use.
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Marcinkiewicz, Henryk; Wittman, Timothy – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 1995
During college and after one year of teaching, elementary educators completed surveys regarding their expected computer use in teaching, noting personal variables that might predict computer use. Though 97% predicted computer use, only 61% actually used computers. Self-competence and perceived relevance predicted computer use initially, though not…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Creativity
Computer Experience, Self-Concept and Problem-Solving: The Effects of LOGO on Children's Ideas of Themselves as Learners.
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Burns, Barbara; Hagerman, Alison – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Discussion of achievement motivation and children's ideas about themselves as learners focuses on a study of third graders that examined the effects of LOGO programing on performance. Incremental and entity theories of intelligence are explained, and treatment of the experimental group and the control group are described. (26 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction
Computers and Teachers: Factors Influencing Computer Use in the Classroom.
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Marcinkiewicz, Henryk R. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1994
Reports on a study examining how well several personal variables predict elementary school teachers' use of computers for teaching. Variables examined included innovativeness, teacher locus of control, perceived relevance of computers, and self-competence in using computers. Data on age, gender, and years of computer experience were also…
Descriptors: Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
The Effects of Advisement and Locus of Control on Achievement in Learner-Controlled Instruction.
Santiago, Rowena S.; Okey, James R. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1992
Describes a study of undergraduate preservice teachers that investigated three types of advisement--adaptive, evaluative, and combined--and their effects in learner-controlled computer-based instruction for learners with varying locus of control orientations. Posttest results are reported, and it is concluded that there is no significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction