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Integrating Technology into Preservice Literacy Instruction: A Survey of Elementary Education Students' Attitudes toward Computers.
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Abbott, Judy A.; Faris, Saundra E. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 2000
Examined attitudes toward the use of computers by preservice teachers before and after a literacy course that required the use of technology. Results suggest that increases in positive attitudes may have resulted from instructional approaches, meaningful assignments, and supportive faculty. Includes recommendations for instrument use in evaluating…
Descriptors: Assignments, Computer Attitudes, Information Literacy, Measures (Individuals)
Changes in Attitudes toward Computers and Use of Computers by University Faculty.
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Mitra, Ananda; Steffensmeier, Timothy; Lenzmeier, Stefne; Massoni, Angela – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1999
Examines two components related to faculty adoption of computers on university campuses: change in use patterns and change in attitudes and opinions. Results show that use and attitudes are multidimensional constructs and that changes happen at different rates for different categories of use. Findings suggest that faculty members need adequate…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
A Model of Constructivist Learning in Practice: Computer Literacy Integrated into Elementary Mathematics and Science Teacher Education.
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Halpin, Regina – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1999
This study compared preservice teachers' confidence to transfer computer applications into their classroom instruction depending on whether they were taught computer literacy from a theory perspective focusing on skills alone or from a theory and application perspective where their computer skills were learned simultaneously as they completed…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning)