Gender differences in Taiwan university students' attitudes toward web-based learning

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 645-654

  Chen, Ru Si ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^b  

^a YU DA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PEDAGOGICS; PEER GROUP; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; TEACHER; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEB BASED LEARNING ATTITUDE SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 35348911477     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.9974     Document Type: Article

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