The Measurement of Military Student Attitudes toward Computer-Assisted Instruction

Student attitudes toward Programmed Instruction (PI) and Computer- Assisted Instruction (CAI) have long been a topic of interest for researchers and trainers. This interest, however, has produced neither well-integrated nor consistent results. King (1975), in a review of the research in this area, n...

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Main Authors: Knerr, Bruce W, Nawrocki, Leon H
Format: Report
Language:English
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AS91B
ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY)
COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION
CORRELATION TECHNIQUES
Humanities and History
MILITARY TRAINING
PE61101A
Psychology
QUESTIONNAIRES
STANDARD DEVIATION
STUDENTS
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Summary:Student attitudes toward Programmed Instruction (PI) and Computer- Assisted Instruction (CAI) have long been a topic of interest for researchers and trainers. This interest, however, has produced neither well-integrated nor consistent results. King (1975), in a review of the research in this area, noted two methodological problems that seem at least partially responsible for this lack of integration and consistency. First, although student attitude data are frequently collected (44 studies are cited), student attitudes have not been investigated in any consistent fashion. Only rarely are student attitudes the primary focus of the research. Instead, student attitudes are typically incidental to research or evaluation plans. Second, there is little agreement on an operational definition of student attitude. There have been some attempts to achieve consistency in the use of measuring instruments: Five of the studies cited by King and one additional study cited here (gallagher, 1970) have used either Brown's (1966) scale or modifications of it. The instruments used for the most part, however, are designed ad hoc, with neither the items nor the metric properties of the scales described. As King noted, 'most studies are experimenter-constructed tests which have unknown or unreported reliabilities (1975, p. 7).'