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Attitudes toward Computers: Validation of a Computer Attitudes Scale
Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1987A preliminary version of a scale to measure attitudes toward computers, the Bath County Computer Attitudes Scale (BCCAS), was developed and piloted on 398 students in grades 4 through 12 who were attending three rural schools in western Virginia. This instrument consisted of thirty-eight Likert items.
George G. Bear +2 more
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Computer Attitude and Classroom Computers
Computers in the Schools, 1996Computers not only increase the speed and efficiency of our mental efforts, but in the process they also alter the problem-solving tasks we are faced with and, in so doing, they alter the cognitive processes we use to solve problems. Computers are fundamentally changing our forms of thinking (Colc & Griffin, 1980).
Romina M Proctor, Paul C Burnett
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Measurements of computer attitudes: A review
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 1991The objective of this article is to present a review and discussion of scales and questionnaires developed to assess attitudes towards computers. Each review includes descriptions of the scale, scale development procedures, and reliability and validity testing.
Mary J. LaLomia, Joseph B. Sidowski
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Attitude of Schizophrenics to Computer Videogames
Psychopathology, 2010We investigated the initial attitude of 10 chronic, defected schizophrenic patients to a computer videogame session. Six of them enjoyed the experience and wanted to repeat it. Cooperation and performance were compared by means of videogames and a standard psychometric test (WAIS).
S, Samoilovich +3 more
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Computer experience: a poor predictor of computer attitudes
Computers in Human Behavior, 2004Considerable research has focused on the relationship between computer experience and attitudes. This study aimed to identify those experience factors that are best able to predict computer attitudes. A questionnaire was designed to incorporate various measures of experience as defined by previous researchers.
Garland, K. J., Noyes, J. M.
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Insight into Attitudes to Computing
1991At3 Dundee Institute of Technology we have been running an “Insight into Computing” course for several years. The course is our contribution to Scottish efforts to attract more girls into courses and careers in computing. In the first year all secondary schools in Tayside and Fife were invited to send the names of 2 to 4 girls aged about 15 and the 60 ...
P. E. File, J. Todman, P. I. Dugard
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Assessing computer literacy as related to computer and school attitudes
ITI 2008 - 30th International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, 2008The tendency to use the computer and other modern information technologies as means of learning and accessing information even applies to early primary school age children. The research presented in this paper has revealed that primary school students are not only aware of the increasing importance of using computers and familiar with the purpose and ...
Valentina Kirinic +2 more
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 1976
Students in a beginning computer science course were surveyed concerning their attitudes toward computers. Two statistical tests showed results: there were significant differences in attitudes from before until after the course, and between students who passed the course and those who failed or dropped.
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Students in a beginning computer science course were surveyed concerning their attitudes toward computers. Two statistical tests showed results: there were significant differences in attitudes from before until after the course, and between students who passed the course and those who failed or dropped.
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Computer Use, Computer Attitudes, and Gender
Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989AbstractThis study examines relationships between four dimensions of attitudes towards computers and amount of computer use, based on a survey of 127 university students from several different majors. The analysis focused on the extent to which microcomputer and mainframe usage have different implications for attitudes in the context of gender ...
Yi-Kuo Wu, Michael Morgan
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Young Children's Attitudes to Computers and Computing
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 1995Sixty children in their second year of school were interviewed with questions about computers and their use. The questionnaire contained items that were considered in three broad categories: the children's ideas and attitudes towards computers, their ownership and experience with computers, and their views regarding the sex-stereotyping of computers ...
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