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PubMed1997

An examination of the relationship between accountants' scores on field independence and use of and attitude toward computers.

This study examined the performance of 127 accountants on the Group Embedded Figures Test and assessed the accountants' use of and attitude toward using computers to complete job-related tasks. The data support Bernardi's (1993) finding that there has been a shift over time in scores on field independence among accountants. Comparison of field-independence scores by computer use and attitudes support Bernardi's (1993) hypothesis of an association between the shift in field independence and accountant's use of and attitude toward computers.

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PubMed1997

Psychology of computer use: XLIV. Computer anxiety and learning style.

The relation between scores for computer anxiety and for Kolb's Learning Style Inventory was investigated (N = 204). Scores on computer anxiety correlated negatively with scores on the Active-Reflective index. Further, those classified as Convergers reported lower scores on computer anxiety than did those classified as Divergers.

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PubMed1998

Efficacy outcome and sex difference in learning of hypermedia programming skills.

86 occupational therapy students participated in a 20-hr, training course in hypermedia programming for selecting functions for development of rehabilitation software. Analyses showed that the training program significantly enhanced their self-efficacy in development of software for clinical practice. The students generally showed a positive attitude towards the feasibility and significance of applying hypermedia programming in occupational therapy, but no significant sex difference in programming self-efficacy was found.

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PubMed1989

Psychology of computer use: X. Effect of learning Logo on children's problem-solving skills.

A natural experiment was used to determine whether learning the computer language Logo improves children's problem-solving strategies outside of the Logo context. 8-yr.-olds who learned Logo in school were found to use both debugging techniques and procedurality in their computer programming. They and a group of control children of the same age were pre- and posttested on a game requiring debugging skills (Mastermind) and another game requiring procedural skills (Tower of Hanoi). Boys, but not girls, trained in Logo showed an improvement in debugging skills relative to the control children. Improvement in procedural skills was not related to training in Logo. The results were discussed in terms of distance of transfer, degree of expertise, and the basis of sex differences in computer programming.

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PubMed1990

Relating computer-associated stress to computerphobia.

The associations of computer-related stress, somatic complaints, and computerphobia were studied by administering questionnaires covering demographic data, exposure to computer information, computer-related stress, as measured by the Computer Technology Hassles Scale, somatic complaint items of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist, and Rosen, Sears, and Weil's measures of computerphobia: Computer Anxiety Rating Scale, Attitudes Toward Computers Scale, and Computer Thoughts Scale to 109 students. Correlations indicated scores on the Computer Technology Hassles Scale were significantly correlated .35 with somatic complaints, .27 with years used a computer, and .28 with self-rated computer knowledge. The Computer Technology Hassles Scale was not significantly correlated (.18, -.08, and -.05) with the three measures of computerphobia. Computer-related stress appears to be distinct from computerphobia.

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PubMed1995

Psychology of computer use: XXXIV. The Computer Hassles Scale: subscales, norms, and reliability.

Data from 1199 students users formed the normative database for the Computer Hassles Scale, a 37-item measuring computer users' stress. The Computer Hassles Scale was scored to yield a severity of hassles score for the total scale and two subscales, Computer Runtime Errors and Computer Information Problems. The total scale and both subscales showed high internal consistency as measured by the Cronbach coefficient alpha. Guidelines for identifying high and low severity of computer users' stress were suggested.

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PubMed1996

Psychology of computer use: XL. Addictive use of the Internet: a case that breaks the stereotype.

This case involves a homemaker 43 years of age who is addicted to using the Internet. This case was selected as it demonstrates that a nontechnologically oriented woman with a reportedly content home life and no prior addiction or psychiatric history abused the Internet which resulted in significant impairment to her family life. This paper defines addictive use of the Internet, outlines the subject's progression of addictive on-line use, and discusses the implications of such addictive behavior on the new market of Internet consumers.

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PubMed1997

Psychology of computer use: XLVIII: Relation between playfulness and computer anxiety.

Correlations between scores for computer anxiety and for playfulness were investigated (N = 265). Scores on computer anxiety correlated negatively with overall scores on the playfulness scale and the factors, Fun and Creative. Only the correlation with scores on Creative remained significant when control for computer experience was imposed. The results imply that playfulness relates to computer anxiety indirectly through its relation with computer experience. The implications of the results for the validity of the Adult Playfulness Scale are briefly discussed.

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PubMed2000

Who buys their textbooks online?

A pilot study of 82 undergraduates indicated that skills with computers and Internet use predicted purchasing textbooks online.

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PubMed2002

Buying textbooks online.

In a sample of 77 undergraduates, purchasing textbooks online was predicted by computer/Internet skills but not by personality traits.

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PubMed2004

Teachers' instructional efficacy and teachers' efficacy toward integration of information technologies in the classroom.

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between teachers' instructional efficacy and their efficacy toward integration of technologies in the classroom. A sample of 309 French Canadian elementary school teachers volunteered and were administered a French Canadian version of the Teacher Efficacy Scale and Teachers' efficacy scale toward integration of technologies in the classroom. Analysis yielded, as expected, a positive and significant partial correlation between the two types of self-efficacy beliefs (.27 and .36).

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PubMed1998

Experiential learning in the animal sciences: effect of 13 years of a beef cattle management practicum.

As the source of students shifts from rural to urban and suburban communities, students entering agricultural programs have less practical livestock experience. The career goals indicated by most of these students require knowledge of and experience with practical applications of their course work. The objective of this study was to examine the profile of students enrolled in an experiential beef cattle course 1) to describe the demographic and occupational characteristics of students enrolled and 2) to assess the perceived value of course activities to graduates completing the course as related to their skill attainment and career development. The questionnaire was sent to all 312 students who were enrolled in the course from 1983 to 1996. Over 61% of the respondents indicated they had enrolled in the course to gain experience working with beef cattle. Over 39% took the course to enhance their application to the College of Veterinary Medicine. When asked to rate the value of the course, as it related to skill development, they noted it was most helpful in teaching cattle handling skills, growth performance measurement, live animal evaluation, nutritional management, carcass and meat product value determination, and breed identification.

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ARCANE. A new medical patient information system.

ARCANE is a new medical patient information system developed at Necker Enfants-malades University Hospital. It was initially dedicated to pediatric nephrology, using microcomputers directly accessible to the physicians. It is however designed for general use and could be directly adapted to many domains in Medicine. ARCANE's referential is based on conceptual slicing close to SNOMED's. The thesaurus is built on keywords or key-expressions. Combination with adjectives and modifiers reduces the volume of the thesaurus to about 1000 entries. Multipurpose use of the data is made available by automatic transcodification to ICD classification and SNOMED nomenclature. External formatting by semantic fields allows the physicians to attribute medical expressions dynamically to concepts of the thesaurus. This system, devoted to daily practice, is also conceived as a clinical research aid and an activity analysis tool.

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