Gender differences in attitudes towards information technology among Malaysian student teachers: A case study at Universiti Putra Malaysia

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-169

  Wong, Su Luan ^a   Hanafi, Atan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gender differences; IT attitudes; Student teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250800784     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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