
ERIC Number: EJ820943
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8449
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Development and Validation of the Computer Technology Literacy Self-Assessment Scale for Taiwanese Elementary School Students
Chang, Chiung-Sui
Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, v43 n171 p623 Fall 2008
The purpose of this study was to describe the development and validation of an instrument to identify various dimensions of the computer technology literacy self-assessment scale (CTLS) for elementary school students. The instrument included five CTLS dimensions (subscales): the technology operation skills, the computer usages concepts, the attitudes toward computer technology, the learning with technology, and the Internet operation skills. Participants were 1,539 elementary school students in Taiwan. Data analysis indicated that the instrument developed in the study had satisfactory validity and reliability. Correlations analysis supported the legitimacy of using multiple dimensions in representing students' computer technology literacy. Significant differences were found between male and female students, and between grades on some CTLS dimensions. Suggestions are made for use of the instrument to examine complicated interplays between students' computer behaviors and their computer technology literacy. (Contains 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Computer Uses in Education, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Grade 5, Grade 6, Computer Literacy, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Gender Differences, Educational Technology, Internet, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Age Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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