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ERIC Number: EJ479796
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-6504
A Practical Research Tool for Assessing Ability to Use Computers: The Computer Ability Survey (CAS).
Kay, Robin H.
Journal of Research on Computing in Education, v26 n1 p16-27 Fall 1993
Describes a study of 647 preservice teachers in Ontario that used the Computer Ability Survey (CAS) to assess 4 components of computer literacy: software ability, awareness, programming skill, and perceived control. Correlations and validity for the CAS are discussed, and results of a principal-components factor analysis are reported. (Contains 39 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Correlation, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Measures (Individuals), Microcomputers, Preservice Teacher Education, Programming, Skill Analysis, Tables (Data), Validity
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ontario; Perceived Control; Student Surveys