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Download full textRansom, Peggy E.; Swearingen, Rebecca – 1990
A study investigated whether students had used a microcomputer prior to taking a computer literacy class, which computer languages they knew and used, whether they thought the computer literacy course should be required, and whether they thought the class would help them to secure a teaching position. Undergraduate students at Ball State (Indiana)…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Research, Higher Education
Juska, Arunas; Paris, Arthur E. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1993
Examines the structure of undergraduate computing at a large private university, including patterns of use, impact of computer ownership and gender, and the bureaucratic structure in which usage is embedded. The profile of computer use uncovered in a survey is compared with reports offered by the institution and the trade press. (10 references)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Higher Education, Microcomputers
Peer reviewedMalaney, Gary D.; Thurman, Quint – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1989
Describes telephone survey of undergraduate students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst that was conducted to determine student opinions of policies that require them to take computer courses and/or to own a personal computer. Student attitudes toward computing and the variables that contribute to these attitudes are examined. (15…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Correlation, Educational Policy
Ralph, Charles L. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1989
Describes a computer applications course developed for undergraduate biology students (primarily sophomores) to teach word processing, database and spreadsheet programs, graphing programs, telecommunications, and file transfer procedures. AppleWorks software is discussed, course content is explained, and the microcomputer laboratory is described.…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Course Content
Peer reviewedGeissler, Jayne E.; Horridge, Patricia – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1993
Discusses results of a survey of undergraduate students that investigated their current knowledge of computers and the level of knowledge they would like to have. Attitudes of students who had prior computer courses or who owned a computer were found to be more positive than those of students who did not. (27 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Competence, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
Peer reviewedRusson, A. E.; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1994
Describes a study that investigated how to teach computer skills to undergraduate female novice users through the design of an instructional manual that facilitated learning computer skills and increased computer self-efficacy by using familiar analogies. Treatment of the experimental and control groups is explained, and measurement techniques are…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Females
