Junior high school students' Internet usage and self-efficacy: A re-examination of the gender gap

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1182-1192

  Tsai, Meng Jung ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

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

Author keywords

Gender studies; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GENDER STUDIES; INTERNET SELF-EFFICACY; INTERNET USAGE; INTERNET USE; INTERNET USERS; JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION; SELF EFFICACY; TWO-DIMENSION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTERNET; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; SURVEYS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77249116654     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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