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Dissertation
Gender and Socioeconomic Influences on Attitudes of Fifth-grade Students in a Mid-Size School District toward Computers
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2007
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the influences of gender and socioeconomic status on the attitudes toward computers of a group of 5th-grade students in a mid-size school district. Fifty-nine 5th-grade students were given the Loyd and Gressard Computer Attitude Scale over a 2-week period. The Computer Attitude Scale measured the students’ attitudes toward computers on 4 subscales: computer anxiety, computer confidence, computer liking, and computer usefulness. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and correlations. Students from the high socioeconomic status school had significantly higher confidence than students from the lower socioeconomic school; females had slightly more confidence than males; and students who had used the computer for less than 1 year had less confidence than those who had used a computer for 1 year or more. There was a low degree of positive correlation between computer confidence or computer anxiety and computer usefulness. There was a moderate degree of positive correlation between computer confidence, computer liking, and computer usefulness.
Details
- Title
- Gender and Socioeconomic Influences on Attitudes of Fifth-grade Students in a Mid-Size School District toward Computers
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 141
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090833906600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida