Computer anxiety and perception of task complexity in learning programming-related skills.
The purpose of the study was to investigate how computer anxiety is associated with computer task complexity in teaching and learning computer programming and related skills. The study also examined the effects of computer confidence and computer liking on user perception of task complexity. The stu...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 713 - 729 |
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Elsevier Science
September 2005
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