Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ518427
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Publication Date: 1996
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Older Adults' Acquisition of Word Processing: The Contribution of Cognitive Abilities and Computer Anxiety.
Dyck, Jennifer L.; Smither, Janan Al-Awar
Computers in Human Behavior, v12 n1 p107-19 Spr 1996
Describes a study that examined relationships between computer attitude, computer experience, gender, cognitive abilities, and the acquisition of word processing by older adults. Highlights include results from computer attitude questionnaires, spatial scanning, inductive and deductive reasoning as predictors of word processing knowledge, and the influence of individual differences. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Deduction, Gender Issues, Individual Differences, Induction, Predictor Variables, Pretests Posttests, Prior Learning, Questionnaires, Sex Differences, Skill Development, Word Processing, Young Old Adults
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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