The effects of age, gender and computer experience upon computer attitudes

Educational Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-133

  Comber, Chris ^a   Colley, Ann ^a   Hargreaves, David J ^a   Dorn, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer attitudes; Computer experience; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007391505     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188970390201     Document Type: Article

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