Attitudes about the computer-based Test of English as a Foreign Language

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-54

  Stricker, Lawrence J ^a   Wilder, Gita Z ^a   Rock, Donald A ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Computer anxiety; Computer familiarity; Computer adaptive testing; Test anxiety; TOEFL

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTERS; PERSONNEL TESTING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER ANXIETY; COMPUTER FAMILIARITY; COMPUTER-ADAPTIVE TESTING; TEST ANXIETY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0345356265     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(03)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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