Showing papers in "Computers in Human Behavior in 1995"

TL;DR: This paper found that although teachers have increased computer availability in their classrooms, they are not integrating computers into the standard curricula, which is an explanation for low levels of computer utilization in public schools.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined technological sophistication and the level of technophobia in 3,392 first year university students in 38 universities from 23 countries and found that male students had more computer/technology experience than female students in half the samples.

TL;DR: In this article, a factor analysis of the Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS) produced a three-factor model of computer anxiety (interactive computer learning anxiety, consumer technology anxiety, and observational computer learning Anxiety) for students in seven universities across the United States.

TL;DR: Biased discussion was found to occur to a greater degree when (1) communication mode was remote (i.e., computer mediated), information load was high, and the majority of the available information was known by all group members.

TL;DR: A survey of the users of an online computer-mediated matchmaking service showed that their communication patterns and objectives varied by their sex, shyness level, and appearance as discussed by the authors, suggesting that the safety and anonymity the system offered helped them break free from traditional sex role norms.

TL;DR: HIV-positive subjects and women and minorities used the CHESS system at least as frequently as their male and Caucasian counterparts and in fact, Caucasian and minority women used some parts of the system significantly more than other subjects.

TL;DR: An agenda for future research is provided by providing a conceptual framework that organizes and relates the variety of constructs to the specific phases of writing computer programs and identifies a number of distinct gaps in this particular body of research.

TL;DR: Interactive-video computer-based simulations are potentially useful for introducing pre-service teachers to classroom situations because they are dependable, consistent, and easily accessible and education staff often have difficulty finding and coordinating quality, initial field experiences for their students.

TL;DR: To determine which types of computer-related experiences best predict less linearity or greater nonlinearity when using a hypermedia program, word-processing experience and hypermedia experience seem to be the most consistent predictors.

TL;DR: For instance, this article found that the students' responses included multiple ideas that seemed to target multiple levels of the taxonomy, and the responses were quite brief, and students applied multiple nouns as cognitive-level labels.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated ways in which computer and video technology can support expert human coaches in order to reduce instructor time and potentially increase access to powerful learning environments, where the content goal was to train undergraduate students to facilitate others' interpersonal problem solving.

TL;DR: This article explored how the use of computers to present measures might influence data and threaten validity and found that subjects' responses are affected by mode of administration (whether they can scan, preview, review, or change answers), social environment (group or individual), and social desirability.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the program could assist many smokers who wish that they did not smoke, are unable to quit smoking without behavioral treatment, but yet do not wish to attend face-to-face programs.

TL;DR: The authors examined the effects of a hypermedia program, Multicultural Links, on vocabulary development, reading and writing performance, and attitudes toward writing, culture, and computers in fourth and fifth graders.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed four typical methods of gathering self-report visual fatigue symptoms that appear within the human factors literature and evaluated the extent of their fatigue with a selfreport questionnaire.

TL;DR: The results of this study showed that learners knew how to access the different contextual aids provided and the use of visual context and word relation with other words can be important for learning unfamiliar vocabulary.

TL;DR: It is argued that in many decision-making situations the linear loss model is a realistic representation of the losses actually incurred and shown that the psychometric model relating observed test scores to the true level of functioning can be represented by Kelley's regression line from classical test theory.

TL;DR: Several CBS algorithms were found to perform significantly better than a linear discriminant analysis on a predominantly binary dataset, and progress needs to be made in the identification of “good” subsets of classifier variables, as well as in bridging the gap between statistical techniques and artificial intelligence.

TL;DR: The findings in this study are consistent with previous research studies which demonstrate equal or better learning using hypermedia-based instructional materials when students are allowed learner control.

TL;DR: This study focused on the learners' active participation in the process of learning a second language by allowing them to create their own stacks in Spanish with the information learned in class.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between the Eysenckian dimensions of personality, religiosity, and attitudes towards computer assisted instruction (CAI) among a sample of 190 trainee teachers in Israel who had experienced a professionally structured induction programme in computer teaching skills.

TL;DR: In this article, a neural network was used to detect the sensitivity of 41 variables of 289 psychiatric inpatients and successfully converged (97% correlation between output and target signals) on a good 8-week outcome.