The predictors of students' completed and planned enrollments in college level computer courses were examined. A total of 195 college freshman and sophomore students (102 females and 93 males) who were enrolled at a large land-grant university in the southern region of the midwestern United States completed instruments measuring computer…

Factors affecting the motivation of high school students to learn to use computers were examined in this study. The subjects were 160 students enrolled in a large city high school, 89 females and 71 males who represented five ethnic groups--White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian. The majority of subjects had prior computer coursework…

Describes a study of undergraduate students that examined the relationship between selection of college computer courses and self-perceived proficiency in using computers, computer causal attributions, and selected computer attitudes. Gender issues are addressed, correlations between variables are examined, and implications for educators are…