Factors Affecting Computer Anxiety in High School Computer Science Students.

Hayek, Linda M.; Stephens, Larry

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Publication Date: 1989

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Factors Affecting Computer Anxiety in High School Computer Science Students.

Hayek, Linda M.; Stephens, Larry

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, v8 n4 p73-76 Sum 1989

Examines factors related to computer anxiety measured by the Computer Anxiety Index (CAIN). Achievement in two programing courses was inversely related to computer anxiety. Students who had a home computer and had computer experience before high school had lower computer anxiety than those who had not. Lists 14 references. (YP)

Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Predictor Variables, Programing, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics

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Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners

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