Turkish pre-service science and mathematics teachers' computer related self-efficacies, attitudes, and the relationship between these variables

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 454-461

  Pamuk, Savas ^a   Peker, Deniz ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Country specific developments; Gender studies; Pedagogical issues; Post secondary education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ATTITUDE; COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY; CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS; COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS; GENDER STUDIES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MATHEMATICS TEACHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCES; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; SERVICE SCIENCE; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; TURKISHS;

DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 67349133603     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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