Other Issues in Instructional Computing

1991 ◽  
pp. 245-249
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Computing

Instructional Computing in the USSR

1985 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen T Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Computing

The Coming of Age of Instructional Computing

1982 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 1022
Author(s):  
John W. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Instructional Computing

Instructional computing in space physics moves ahead

Eos ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (32) ◽  
pp. 315-315
Author(s):  
C. T. Russell ◽  
N. Omidi
Keyword(s):  
Space Physics ◽  
Instructional Computing

scholarly journals Strategies for instructional computing

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. John Castellan
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Computing

Development of a Standardized Test of Computer Literacy and a Computer Anxiety Index

1987 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Simonson ◽  
Matthew Maurer ◽  
Mary Montag-Torardi ◽  
Mary Whitaker
Keyword(s):  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Computer Anxiety ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Instructional Computing ◽  
Computer Literate ◽  
Anxiety Index ◽  
Three Components

Definitions of the three components of computer literacy and of computer anxiety were used in a nationwide survey of instructional computing educators to develop a list of seventy competencies of the computer-literate person. This list was used to develop an eighty-question multiple-choice examination. This test was divided into three parts, one part for each of the three components of the definition of computer literacy. Normative data were collected from 341 college students from six different universities. The examination was found to have a reliability estimate of .86. A computer anxiety index (CAIN) was also developed. This instrument was designed to be used to determine a person's level of computer anxiety. Normative data from 1943 students were collected. The CAIN was found to have a reliability of approximately .90. Both the eighty-item achievement test and the twenty-six item CAIN were sent to a nationwide selection of instructional computing specialists who evaluated them. This evaluation was used to revise the two tests. In summary, this article describes the process used to develop two examinations, an achievement test of computer literacy, and a computer anxiety index.

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