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Using Computer Self-Efficacy Scale to measure the attitudes of Taiwan elementary preservice teachers toward computer technology

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2001
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The purpose of the study was to identify the attitudes of preservice teachers enrolled in one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan toward selected issues related to computer technology as measured by the Computer Self-Efficacy (CSE) scale. The focus of this study, as measured by the CSE scale, was to determine whether significant differences existed between the attitudes of Taiwan preservice teachers regarding computer experience, computer training course, and computer ownership. The sample was comprised of 200 preservice teachers enrolled in one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan during the 2000--2001 school year. The instrument utilized in this study, CSE scale, was distributed to 200 preservice teachers randomly selected from one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan. It consisted of 30 items with a 6-point Likert scale that measured student responses concerning their attitudes toward computers. Data were analyzed through statistical methods including descriptive analysis, unpaired t-test, Pearson product-moment correlation test, analysis of variance, and two-way analysis of variance. A general threshold for significance was at the .05 alpha level. Results indicated that there was no significant difference in CSE scores among preservice teachers who were enrolled in five major fields of study in one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan. Preservice teachers' CSE scores showed no significant difference when based on gender. Results of the Pearson product-moment correlation identified a significant correlation between the level of computer experience and CSE scores. Results of unpaired t-test indicated a significant difference between preservice teachers who have and those who have not attended a computer training course. Results of unpaired t-test revealed a significant difference between preservice teachers who owned a computer and those who did not. The knowledge of preservice teachers and their attitudes toward computer technology are assumed to be important for implementing computer-based technology in Taiwan's elementary teacher training programs. The use of a CSE scale to identify the attitudes of preservice teachers toward computer technology would provide Taiwan educators the ability to determine individual problems and concerns of preservice teachers that are associated with the use of computer-based learning systems in teacher training colleges.
Title: Using Computer Self-Efficacy Scale to measure the attitudes of Taiwan elementary preservice teachers toward computer technology.
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Name(s): Chao, Wan-Yu, author
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Urich, Ted R., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2001
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, FL
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 153 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of the study was to identify the attitudes of preservice teachers enrolled in one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan toward selected issues related to computer technology as measured by the Computer Self-Efficacy (CSE) scale. The focus of this study, as measured by the CSE scale, was to determine whether significant differences existed between the attitudes of Taiwan preservice teachers regarding computer experience, computer training course, and computer ownership. The sample was comprised of 200 preservice teachers enrolled in one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan during the 2000--2001 school year. The instrument utilized in this study, CSE scale, was distributed to 200 preservice teachers randomly selected from one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan. It consisted of 30 items with a 6-point Likert scale that measured student responses concerning their attitudes toward computers. Data were analyzed through statistical methods including descriptive analysis, unpaired t-test, Pearson product-moment correlation test, analysis of variance, and two-way analysis of variance. A general threshold for significance was at the .05 alpha level. Results indicated that there was no significant difference in CSE scores among preservice teachers who were enrolled in five major fields of study in one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan. Preservice teachers' CSE scores showed no significant difference when based on gender. Results of the Pearson product-moment correlation identified a significant correlation between the level of computer experience and CSE scores. Results of unpaired t-test indicated a significant difference between preservice teachers who have and those who have not attended a computer training course. Results of unpaired t-test revealed a significant difference between preservice teachers who owned a computer and those who did not. The knowledge of preservice teachers and their attitudes toward computer technology are assumed to be important for implementing computer-based technology in Taiwan's elementary teacher training programs. The use of a CSE scale to identify the attitudes of preservice teachers toward computer technology would provide Taiwan educators the ability to determine individual problems and concerns of preservice teachers that are associated with the use of computer-based learning systems in teacher training colleges.
Identifier: 9780493244372 (isbn), 11960 (digitool), FADT11960 (IID), fau:8878 (fedora)
Degree granted: Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Education
Subject(s): Elementary school teachers--Training of--Taiwan
Student teachers--Effect of technological innovations on
Student teachers--Taiwan--Attitudes
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