Computer anxiety and perception of task complexity in learning programming-related skills

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 713-728

  Chang, Sheeson E ^a  

^a MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer anxiety; Computer experience; Path analysis; Task complexity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ERGONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER ANXIETY; COMPUTER EXPERIENCE; PATH ANALYSIS; TASK COMPLEXITY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 14644411083     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.02.021     Document Type: Article

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