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formerly Journal of Research on Computing in Education
JRTE, Volume 32, Number 3, Spring
2000
Changes in Student Attitudes
and Student
Computer Use in a Computer-Enriched Environment
Ananda Mitra and Timothy Steffensmeier
Wake Forest University
Abstract
The pedagogic usefulness of the computer is
examined by
focusing on student attitudes and use of computers
in a
“computer-enriched” environment. Our
analysis
uses data from three years of a five-year
longitudinal study
at Wake Forest University. The results indicate
that a computer-enriched
environment is positively correlated with student
attitudes
toward computers in general, their role in
teaching and
learning, and their ability to facilitate
communication.
In addition, there were few changes in attitudes
for students
who did not have seamless access to the network.
This study
concludes that a networked institution where
students have
easy access can foster positive attitudes toward
the use
of computers in teaching and learning.
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Griffith, R. (1999, March). Assessment of the
impact
of ubiquitous computing at Wake Forest
University. Paper
presented at the First Annual International
Conference on
Computer Assessment organized by the International
Center
for Computer Enhanced Learning of Wake Forest
University,
Winston-Salem, NC. Available: http://iccel.wfu.edu/publications/journals/jcel/jcel990305/rgriffith.htm.
Contributors
Ananda Mitra (PhD, 1992, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign)
teaches in the area of communication, technology,
and research
methods in the Department of Communication at Wake
Forest
University. His research includes the assessment
of technology
use in instruction.
Timothy Steffensmeier (MA, 1999, Wake Forest
University)
worked as a graduate student assistant for the
longitudinal
study during his tenure at the Department of
Communication
at Wake Forest University.
Address: Dr. Ananda Mitra, Department of
Communication,
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109;
ananda@wfu.edu.
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