Alternative Learning: A Self-Paced Microcomputer Application Course.

Creighton, Walter; Kilcoyne, Margaret

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Publication Date: 1997

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Alternative Learning: A Self-Paced Microcomputer Application Course.

Creighton, Walter; Kilcoyne, Margaret

Journal of Educational Technology Systems, v25 n4 p311-26 1996-1997

An analysis of 87 undergraduate questionnaires found that students' perceived increased levels of expertise in 25 skills after taking a self-paced word processing and worksheet/spreadsheet applications course. Examined the relationship between age, gender, race, and grades, and found a positive correlation between grades and perceptions in Caucasian students but no relationship between gender and age. (PEN)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction, Nontraditional Education, Race, Sex Differences, Spreadsheets, Undergraduate Students, Word Processing

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Language: English

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