Elementary School Students' Attitudes and Self-Efficacy of Using PDAs in a Ubiquitous Learning Context

Autor/inn/en	Tsai, Pei-Shan; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Hwang, Gwo-Haur
Titel	Elementary School Students' Attitudes and Self-Efficacy of Using PDAs in a Ubiquitous Learning Context
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 26 (2010) 3, S.297-308 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Student Attitudes; Self Efficacy; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Handheld Devices; Surveys; Internet; Educational Environment; Factor Analysis; Scores; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	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.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10