Re-visiting college students' attitudes toward the Internet-based on a 6-T model: Gender and grade level difference

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 939-947

  Chou, Chien ^a   Wu, Huan Chueh ^a   Chen, Chao Hsiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Country specific developments; Gender studies; Post secondary education

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE STUDENTS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; GENDER STUDIES; GRADUATE STUDENTS; INTERNET BASED; LEVEL DIFFERENCE; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION; T-MODEL; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; WEIGHTED FACTORS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; TEACHING; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 78650126805     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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