The Influence of Experience, Culture and Spatial Visualization Ability on Users' Attitudes and Anxiety Towards Computer Use

Blignaut, Pieter; McDonald, Theo; Tolmie, Janse

doi:10.4018/978-1-931777-10-0.ch019

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“…Several researchers have reported differences in attitudes and perceptions of technology among people in different cultures (Singh, Fassott, Chao & Hoffmann, 2006;Haris & Davison, 2002;Blignaut, McDonald & Tolmie, 2002;Durndell, Haag, & Laithwaite, 2000). Other studies conducted in educational environments (Teo, Su Luan, & Sing, 2008;McCoy, Galletta, & King, 2007;Li & Kirkup, 2007) also suggest the possibility of differences in attitudes and perceptions of technology among students in different cultures.…”

Section: Generational and Cultural Differences In Technology Usementioning

confidence: 99%

A Cross-cultural Comparative Study of Uses and Perceptions of Technology in Education among Turkish and US Undergraduates

Tekinarslan

Kennedy

Nicolle

2015

Journal of Education and Training Studies

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The purpose of this study was to investigate differences and similarities among United States (US) and Turkish university students in technology ownership, uses of technology for academic purposes, perceived importance of technology, and preferences for technology in education. The EDUCAUSE Center for Analytics and Research (ECAR) undergraduate student technology survey was used to collect data from Turkish students (N=384) at Abant Izzet Baysal University and US students (N=399) at Louisiana State University (LSU). The findings revealed significant differences in uses and ownership of most technological devices in favor of the US students in comparison to the Turkish students. The results of the study pointed to differences in information technology (IT) ownership and access, largely as a function of local infrastructure and economic settings rather than cultural diversities between Turkey and the US.

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Section: Generational and Cultural Differences In Technology Usementioning

confidence: 99%

A Cross-cultural Comparative Study of Uses and Perceptions of Technology in Education among Turkish and US Undergraduates

Tekinarslan

Kennedy

Nicolle

2015

Journal of Education and Training Studies

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“…The study also reports a strong correlation between individuals' computer course test scores, their positive attitude towards computers and their positive self-efficacy perception regarding computers. Studies have also reported a correlation between self-efficacy and anxiety towards using computers [27,28]. According to Jawahar and Elango [29], a high degree of computer anxiety leads to negative attitudes towards computer usage.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Comparison of Swiss and Turkish Pre-service Science Teachers' Attitudes, Anxiety and Self-efficacy Regarding Educational Technology

Efe¹,

Efe²,

Yücel³

2016

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In this study, pre-service science teachers' anxiety, self-efficacy and attitudes regarding educational technology were investigated. Given the increased emphasis on educational technology in the classroom, teachers' attitudes, anxiety and self-efficacy regarding educational technology are important. The study was conducted with a total of 726 pre-service science teachers enrolled in teacher education courses in Turkey and Switzerland. Three different questionnaires, with appropriate reliability and validity values, were used to collect data for pre-service science teachers' attitudes, anxiety and self-efficacy regarding education technology. The differences between the pre-service science teachers' attitudes, anxiety and self-efficacy regarding education technology were determined by t-test and one-way ANOVA. The data were analysed based on the dimensions of gender, country and age. Pearson's correlation coefficients were used for the relationships amongst the dependent variables. The findings revealed statistically significant differences amongst the pre-service science teachers' anxiety towards educational technology for all three dimensions (gender, country and age). Also, there were meaningful differences amongst the pre-service science teachers' self-efficacy in the three dimensions. When pre-service science teachers' attitudes towards educational technology were considered, there were only differences in the country dimension. The study revealed that pre-service science teachers had a high level of self-efficacy, an average level of anxiety and a high level of positive attitudes towards educational technology, and it also revealed that self-efficacy, anxiety and attitudes regarding educational technology are correlated.

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“…Harris, Kemmerling and North (2002) found that participants displayed significant differences between computer anxiety levels and personal computer use by cultural variable. Blignaut, Mc Donald and Tolmie (2002) studied university students" computer-related task attitudes, computer anxieties and visual spatial skills. Their findings revealed the African and European students had similar attitudes toward computer use.…”

Section: Cross-cultural Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is known that one of the factors affecting instructional technology-related anxiety level is instructional technology-related attitude (Mc Ilroy, Bunting, Tierney, & Gordon, 2001, Coffin & Mackintyre 2000. Instructional technology-related negative and positive attitudes play a determinant role in anxiety (Blignaut, Mc Donald & Tolmie, 2002). Jawahar and Elango (2001) found that a high computer anxiety led to negative attitudes toward computers.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Swiss and Turkish Pre-service Science Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for Educational Technology

Efe

Efe²

2016

Journal of Education and Training Studies

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This study aims to culturally explain pre-service science teachers" instructional technology-related anxiety levels by analyzing the variables of their instructional technology using experiences, frequency of using instructional technologies, access to instructional technologies, instructional technology-related attitude and their instructional technology-related self-efficacy perceptions. The participants were 538 pre-service teachers studying at the Dicle University Ziya Gokalp Education Faculty and 188 pre-service teachers studying at the University of Teacher Education during the 2011-2012 academic year. The findings indicate that the higher the degree of Turkish and Swiss pre-service science teachers" technology experience, the higher instructional technology-related anxiety levels they have. Furthermore, the frequency of Turkish pre-service science teachers" technology use is in reverse ratio to their instructional technology-related anxiety level. However, the frequency of Swiss pre-service science teachers" technology use was found to be in direct ratio to their instructional technology-related anxiety levels.

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The Influence of Experience, Culture and Spatial Visualization Ability on Users' Attitudes and Anxiety Towards Computer Use

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

A Cross-cultural Comparative Study of Uses and Perceptions of Technology in Education among Turkish and US Undergraduates

A Cross-cultural Comparative Study of Uses and Perceptions of Technology in Education among Turkish and US Undergraduates

A Comparison of Swiss and Turkish Pre-service Science Teachers' Attitudes, Anxiety and Self-efficacy Regarding Educational Technology

Swiss and Turkish Pre-service Science Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for Educational Technology

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