Teachers' Computer Anxiety: An International Perspective

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 321-336

  Yaghi, Hussein M ^a   Abu Saba, Mary Bentley ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computer anxiety; Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS); Computing experience; Lebanon

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

COMPUTER ANXIETY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0032068521     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(98)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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