Role of gender, self-efficacy, anxiety and testing formats in learning spreadsheets

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 739-746

  Singh, Anil ^a   Bhadauria, Vikram ^b   Jain, Anurag ^c   Gurung, Anil ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Gender; Spreadsheet anxiety; Spreadsheet self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; FEMALE STUDENTS; GENDER; LEARNING ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE; SELF EFFICACY;

STUDENTS; TESTING;

SPREADSHEETS;

EID: 84872471329     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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