ERIC Number: EJ895443
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1449-5554
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Elementary School Students' Attitudes and Self-Efficacy of Using PDAs in a Ubiquitous Learning Context
Tsai, Pei-Shan; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Hwang, Gwo-Haur
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, v26 n3 p297-308 2010
The purpose of this study was to develop an attitude and a self-efficacy survey of using PDAs in ubiquitous learning (u-learning) environments for elementary school students. The sample of this study included 414 third-grade to sixth-grade students (age 9-12 years) in Taiwan who had experience using PDAs for u-learning. The results indicate that the students, in general, had positive attitudes and adequate self-efficacy in terms of using PDAs for u-learning. Gender differences existed only in the students' self-efficacy of using PDAs for Internet related functions, with the male students expressing higher confidence in using PDAs for Internet-related functions than the female students. In addition, the students in lower grades (third and fourth-graders; age 9-10 years) tended to use PDAs more frequently and to have more positive perspectives of PDAs than the higher grade students (fifth and sixth-graders; age 11-12 years). Furthermore, for predicting students' attitudes toward using PDAs for u-learning, students' confidence in using PDAs for general purposes was more important than their confidence in using PDAs to perform Internet functions. (Contains 7 tables.)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Handheld Devices, Surveys, Internet, Educational Environment, Factor Analysis, Scores
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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