Individual Differences in Calculator Attitudes and Performance in a Statistics Course [electronic resource] / Kurt F. Geisinger and Dennis M. Roberts.
A 30-item survey was developed to assess several dimensions of attitudes about calculators. Reliability and validity data were gathered on students in a college statistics course. Based on N = 135, coefficient alpha was .874. Factor analyses identified 3 interpretable factors: trustworthiness of cal...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | A 30-item survey was developed to assess several dimensions of attitudes about calculators. Reliability and validity data were gathered on students in a college statistics course. Based on N = 135, coefficient alpha was .874. Factor analyses identified 3 interpretable factors: trustworthiness of calculators, usefulness, and educational value. Correlations between attitude scores and both course grades and age were significant and positive. There were no differences in attitudes based on sex or whether or not a student owned a calculator. However, females owned calculators more frequently than males. Also, calculator ownership was positively related to age. (Author/MN) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED156457. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Toronto, Canada, March 27-31, 1978). Educational level discussed: Higher Education. |
| Physical Description: | 9 p. |