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Wiebe, James H.; Martin, Nancy J. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1994
Examined the impact of a commercially prepared geography adventure computer game on 109 fifth and sixth graders' recall of geography facts and on their attitudes toward studying geography. Found no significant difference in recall between students using the computer game "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" and students using…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Games, Computer Uses in Education
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Miyashita, Keiko T. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1994
Investigated the changes in attitudes toward computers in 803 Japanese first and second graders who were exposed to computers in school. Found that children who used computers tended to like them more than children who did not use computers. The findings failed to provide evidence that computer use improved intellectual activities such as…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Creativity
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Reed, W. Michael; And Others – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1995
Examined computer attitudes of elementary education students over a 10-year period. Found that the more recent elementary education majors had more prior computer experience and lower computer anxiety than those entering a program earlier in the 10-year period; and that male elementary education majors had higher computer anxiety than female ones.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy