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A study of the attitudes of pre-service teachers toward the use of computers

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This study investigated the relationship between the selected variables (gender, computer experience, and nature of computer experience) and computer attitudes (anxiety, confidence, and liking). Subjects were 60 college students who were enrolled in a general educational methods course. The Instrument used in this study was the computer attitude scale designed by Loyd and Gressard (1984a). The instrument contained three subscales: computer anxiety, computer confidence, and computer liking. Multivariate analyses of variance were conducted in order to see an interplay among the computer subscales. Post hoc comparisons were conducted on the variables that had more than two levels of a factor. Recommendations were drawn for pre-service teachers based on the findings of this study.

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  1. Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at Southern Illinois University, 62901, Carbondale, IL

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Koohang, A.A. A study of the attitudes of pre-service teachers toward the use of computers. ECTJ 35, 145–149 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02793842

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