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Southall, Sarah Parker – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this mixed-method study was to investigate digital native preservice teachers' self-efficacy beliefs regarding their technology experiences and skills at the beginning and at the end of their field placement semester. Digital natives, as defined by Prensky (2001), are students born after 1980 who have been raised with digital media…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Technology Integration
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Thompson, Carla J.; Friske, Joyce S. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1988
Describes study that investigated the impact that varying levels of programing had on teachers participating in computer literacy training coursework. Models of computer literacy are described, the use of the Minnesota Computer Literacy and Awareness Assessment is explained, and implications of the results for teacher training are discussed. (12…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Cole, Lucy B. – 1995
This practicum was developed to help educators overcome their uncomfortableness when using a computer. Seven adult educators were avoiding using the computers purchased for them to use in their classroom with their students. These seven adult educators showed on a survey that they were very uncomfortable using computers and were unable to perform…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education