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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Computer Attitude"”.
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Computer attitude, and the impact of personal characteristics and information and communication technology adoption patterns on performance of teaching faculty in higher education in Ghana, West Africa
<p>This study examined computer attitude, and the impact of personal characteristics and ICT adoption patterns on performance of multidisciplinary teaching faculty in three public universities in Ghana. A cross-sectional research of mixed methods was applied in collecting data and information. …
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The Relationship Between Experiential Learning Syle and Computer Attitudes Among Generic Baccalaureate Nursing Students
… to identify whether there was a difference of computer attitudes of baccalaureate nursing students when compared by learning style. Instruments used were Kolb's Learning Style Inventory and the Computer Attitude Survey by Stronge and Brodt. Forty-eight nursing students from a midwestern …
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A study to investigate the attitude of customers towards electronic banking: The case of a South African-based company
It is known that attitude plays a significant role in consumer decision process whether to adopt new technology or not. Differences in attitude towards a product or a service depend on the nature of the product, individuals and the duration in which the product has been in the market. Based on the …
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Hospitality Students' Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions toward Learning and Using Computer Technology
… classification, and work experience) on computer attitudes, and relationships between computer attitudes and intentions to learn and use computers were tested. A sample of 412 hospitality students completed two measurements: Loyd/Gressard's 1984 Computer Attitude Scale, and Behavioral …
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Girls' Engagement with Computers While Creating Web Pages During Middle Childhood
… study was to describe girls' engagement with computers during middle childhood and to delineate the factors that initiated and sustained the engagement. The research questions were: 1) What patterns distinguish how girls engage in web page development during middle childhood? 2) What roles do …
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Predictors of teacher use of technology
This study examined the predictors of computer use by teachers in a semi rural school district. The variables examined were intended personal use of computers, intended use of computers for classroom instruction, and intended use of computers for classroom management. One hundred and forty six …
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Computerized Adaptive Testing and the Experience of Flow in Examinees
In recent years, comparisons between computerized adaptive tests (CAT) and paper-and-pencil tests (P&Ps) have focused less on equivalency and more on the construct validity of shifting between the modalities. Examinee motivation is one area of concern, including test and computer anxiety. One type …
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Comparisons of Attitudes Toward Computer Use and Computer Technology Based on Gender and Race/Ethnicity Among Eighth Graders
… is to determine whether or not having a laptop computer for individual use 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week lessens differences between how eighth grade girls and eighth grade boys in 10 middle schools in HenricoCounty, Virginia perceive computer use and computer technology. Having a laptop …
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Educational Administrators and Computer Usage: Leadership Styles and Computer Attitudes in Small Secondary Schools in North America
… was to examine the relationships between the computer attitudes of educational administrators and teachers, the leadership styles of educational administrators, and computer usage in secondary schools.</p> <p>Method. The design of this study used the questionnaire survey to collect data …
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Attitudes Toward Computer Use and Gender Differences Among Kuwaiti Sixth-Grade Students
Because computer use become more and more important in the educational environment, the attitudes of students toward computer may play an important role in their learning success. This study investigated the attitudes toward computers and gender differences of sixth-grade Kuwaiti students and …
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An Investigation of Georgia Elementary Principals' Characteristics and Their Influence on the Use of Technology in Schools
… a school and how this was related to their attitudes and innovativeness. The primary focus of the study was to determine if the principals' degree of innovativeness has a relationship to the technology use in the school. The study looked at the principals' sex, age, size of their school, and …
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Gender Differences in Computer Attitudes, Interests, and Usage in an Elite High School
… study examined the gender differences concerning computer technology (IT) by a convenience sample (N = 180, 76%) of 11 th and 12 th graders at an elite public high school, recently named the "second best high school in America" (Newsweek, 2000), in suburban Northern Virginia. The purpose of the …
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Writing with computers : a study of adult developmental writers
… or basic writing classes. With the prevalence of computers on university campuses, some of these writing classes are taught in computerbased classrooms, which may cause adult learners to be apprehensive of both writing and computers. Previous research studies regarding writing and computer …
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Using hypermedia to improve the dissemination and accessibility of syllabus documents with particular reference to primary mathematics
… the potential of hypermedia to the personal computer (PC). Information, be it text, sound, graphics or video, or a mixture of these, can now be presented on the same screen and the movement between screens can be seamless. The movement between screens is no longer limited to sequential …