Attitudes of entry-level University students towards computers: a comparitive study

Computers and Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 352-371

  Smith, E ^a   Oosthuizen, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Country specific developments; Cross cultural projects; Distance education and telelearning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER EDUCATION; COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS; CROSS-CULTURAL PROJECTS; DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TELELEARNING;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33646870375     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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