Attitudes Towards Computers

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Studies on Children and Computers

by Gerald A. Knezek, Keiko T. Miyashita, Morris Lai, Takashi Sakamoto, John Southworth, Akira Sakamoto

Research results that compare data from computer-using students in Japan to data from students not using computers in Japan, while using data from students in the U.S.A. and Mexico as time-synchronized controls. (1994)

Cover	Correlation with YCCI Measures	Psychological Disposition of Hawaiian Children	Scaling YCCI Item Response Descriptors
Title Page, Acknowledgements & Preface	Analysis of Variance	Response descriptors for YCCI	YCCI Language & Culture Bias
Table of Contents	Causal Relations Among Attributes	Test-Retest Reliability	Preliminary Study of CAQ

YCCI - Handbook for Young Children's Computer Inventory

by Gerald A. Knezek and Keiko T. Miyashita

A research tool to discover primary students' attitudes toward computers and school, and how exposure to technology effects these attitudes. (1993)

Cover	Title Page & Contents
Body of Document including Appendixes	Supplement for Middle School Educators

Young Children's Computer Inventory - Final Report

by Gerald A. Knezek, Keiko T. Miyashita, Takashi Sakamoto

Final report in a longitudinal study reporting results that answer the question: "What effect does this technology have on our children?" Data from Mexico, Japan and the United States was used as the basis for the findings. (1994)

Table of Contents	Effects Due to Computer Exposure	Directionality of Selected Effects
Cover & Preface	Introduction, Project Goals & Executive Summary	Effects Due to Time/Maturation	Influence of Culture
Title Page	Instrumentation & Reliability	Effects Due to Gender	References

Instruments for Assessing Attitudes Toward Information Technology

by Gerald Knezek, Rhonda Christensen, Keiko Miyashita

Electronic booklet describing five well-validated instruments for assessing attitudes toward information technology in students, teachers and university faculty. Reliability estimates, administration and scoring procedures, and printable versions of the instruments are provided. (1998)

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