An empirical examination of a model of computer learning performance

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 27-33

  Hasan, Bassam ^a   Ali, Jafar M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Computer attitudes; Computer experience; Computer self efficacy; Individual characteristics; Learning performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ATTITUDES; COMPUTER EXPERIENCE; COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; LEARNING PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 4043102556     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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