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VOL. 8, ISSUE 1 (2023)
Role of gender in deciding attitude towards computer technology
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Dr. Akanksha Dubey
Abstract
The computer is one of the most brilliant gift of science. Many of the routine activities today at home, in business and in field of education are done by computers. For school student’s access to computer at school is important. The computer has become the new pencil and paper for present education system and it is becoming an essential part in school level curriculum. Therefore it is important to study attitude towards computer. According to Devine and Wilson (1997), developing positive attitude among students is more critical than merely increasing student’s computer skill because positive attitude automatically lead to the learning of computer skill. Gender is also one of the factor in developing attitude for using computers because male and female students may differ in their perception of the role of computer in education. To promote the computer literacy effectively, a balance between the development of computing skill and encouraging positive attitude towards computer’s utilization to a greater extent is needed. In present study, Descriptive Survey Method has been employed. A sample of 100 secondary school students (50 from each gender) was selected from 4 secondary schools of Meerut city through purposive sampling but final sample was selected through random sampling. Computer Attitude scale developed by Khatoon & Sharma (2000) was used to collect the data. Mean, Standard deviation and t-test were used as statistical techniques to analyse the data. It can be concluded on the basis of findings that students have no difference in attitude towards computer on the basis of gender and thus gender does not impact the computer literacy and it's usage.
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Pages:59-62
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Dr. Akanksha Dubey "Role of gender in deciding attitude towards computer technology". International Journal of Advanced Education and Research, Vol 8, Issue 1, 2023, Pages 59-62
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