Gender and social facilitation effects on computer competence and attitudes toward computers

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-183

  Corston, Rod ^b   Colman, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030527236     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/7VW3-W6RV-6DCP-70MN     Document Type: Article

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