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Title: Measuring Attitudes toward Computer and Internet Usage among Postgraduate Students in Malaysia
Language: English
Authors: Abedalaziz, Nabeel, Jamaluddin, Shahrir, Leng, Chin Hai
Source: Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET. Apr 2013 12(2):200-216.
Availability: Sakarya University. Esentepe Campus, Adapazari 54000, Turkey. Tel: +90-505-2431868; Fax: +90-264-6141034; e-mail: tojet@sakarya.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.tojet.net
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2013
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Internet, Attitude Measures, Gender Differences, Ethnicity, Behavior Theories, Information Technology, Factor Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Surveys
Geographic Terms: Malaysia
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Computer Attitude Scale
ISSN: 1303-6521
Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate and measure postgraduate students' attitudes toward the Internet and computer use. Specifically, the present study sought answers to the following questions: What is the overall profile of postgraduate students' attitudes toward the Internet and computer use? Do postgraduate students' attitudes toward Internet and computer use differ in terms of gender? Do postgraduate students' attitudes toward the Internet and computer use in instruction differ in terms of field of study? Do postgraduate students' attitudes toward the Internet and computer use differ in terms of ethnicity? Do postgraduate students' attitudes toward the Internet and computer use differ in terms of age? A total of 289 postgraduate students participated in this study. Attitudes scales to assess postgraduate student's attitudes toward the use of Internet and computer were used. Results reveal that: (1) participants have a high level perception of the usefulness and their control of the computer and Internet, (2) no significant differences were found between participants' attitudes toward the Internet and computer related with gender, field of study, and ethnicity, and (3) postgraduate student's attitudes toward computer and Internet usage is age related. (Contains 9 tables and 1 figure.)
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Number of References: 81
Entry Date: 2014
Accession Number: EJ1015431
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