Measuring and evaluating early childhood prospective practitioners' attitudes toward computers.

A study was conducted to examine the attitudes of early childhood education and care prospective practitioners toward computers. A demographic questionnaire and the Computer Attitude Scale were both administered to a sample of 131 such prospective practitioners. The results revealed that an overwh...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Family Relations Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 277 - 286
Main Authors: Sexton, David, King, Nina, Aldridge, Jerry
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell July 1999
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Summary:A study was conducted to examine the attitudes of early childhood education and care prospective practitioners toward computers. A demographic questionnaire and the Computer Attitude Scale were both administered to a sample of 131 such prospective practitioners. The results revealed that an overwhelming majority of subjects had relatively positive attitudes toward computers and that a minority reported having neutral attitudes toward them. Having access to a home computer and having undergone formal computer training were found to be significantly related to computer attitudes.