Correlates of computing confidence among teachers in an international setting

Computers in the Schools

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 81-94

  Yaghi, Hussein M ^a   Ghaith, Ghazi M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Computer attitudes; Computing confidence; Educational computing; Exposure to computers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008804918     PISSN: 07380569     EISSN: 15287033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J025v19n01_07     Document Type: Article

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