The effects of students’ backgrounds and attitudes on computer skills in Malaysia

International Journal of Management in Education

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-389

  Daud Norzaidi, Mohd ^a   Chong, Siong Choy ^b   Azizah, Aris ^a   Intan Salwani, Mohamed ^a   Rafidah, Kamarudin ^a   Ruhana, Zainuddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b Putra International College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

authoring tools and methods; country specific development; management in education; secondary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449089285     PISSN: 1750385X     EISSN: 17503868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmie.2007.015198     Document Type: Article

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