Computer attitudes of primary and secondary students in South Africa

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1762-1776

  Bovée, Chantal ^a   Voogt, Joke ^b   Meelissen, Martina ^b  

^a University of Twente ^*  (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude; Gender; Primary education; Secondary education; Social economic status; Technology

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; STUDENTS;

ATTITUDE; GENDER; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL ECONOMIC STATUS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33846662947     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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