The Influence of Experience, Culture and Spatial Visualization Ability on Users' Attitudes and Anxiety Towards Computer Use

2011 ◽  
pp. 269-280
Author(s):  
Pieter Blignaut ◽  
Theo McDonald ◽  
Janse Tolmie
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Computer Use ◽  
Computer Anxiety ◽  
Spatial Visualization ◽  
First Year ◽  
Science Students ◽  
African Students ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Two Independent Variables ◽  
Visualization Ability

The attitude towards computer-related tasks, computer anxiety, and spatial visualization ability (SVA) of a group of first-year computer science students were measured just before their study commenced. The results were analyzed empirically based on two independent variables, i.e., culture and computer experience. It was found that African and European users generally have the same attitude towards computer use. Users’ attitudes improved after experience with computer-related tasks. African students experienced significantly higher levels of computer anxiety than their European counterparts with the same amount of experience. It was also found that African users generally have a lower SVA than European users. Users with higher SVA generally have a better attitude towards working with computers and experience a lower level of computer anxiety.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF SENTENCE PATTERN AND VOCABULARY MASTERY ON THEIR READING COMPREHENSION AT THE FIRST YEAR OF STATE VOCATIONAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1 LOGAS TANAH DARAT KUANTAN SINGINGI REGENCY

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Sepri Sepri
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
First Year ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
High Level ◽  
Two Independent Variables

The main purpose of this research is to find out the influence of students’ understanding of sentence pattern and vocabulary mastery on their reading comprehension of recount text at State Vocational Senior High Schoo 1 Logas Tanah Darat Kuantan Singingi Regency. This is a correlational research that consists of three variables; two independent variables, namely the students’understanding of sentence pattern and their vocabulary mastery, and one dependent variable which is the students’ reading comprehension of recount text. The research participants consisted of 175 tenth-grade students at the State Vocational Senior High School. The instruments that were used to collect the data are tests. After analysing the collected data by using SPSS, the results showed that the students’ understanding of sentence pattern is at the high level (M = 73.30, SD = 1.59) and their vocabulary mastery is also at the high level (M = 70.97, SD = 1.56). Besides, their reading comprehension of recount text is at the high level too (M = 67.91, SD = 1.66). After analysing the data by using multiple regressions, the finding indicated that there is a significant influence of the students’ understanding of sentence pattern and vocabulary mastery on their reading comprehension of recount text, in which F = 82.14, p=0.000<0.05. Then the percentage of the students’ understanding of sentence pattern and vocabulary mastery is 0.842 (84.20%). Therefore, the alternative hypothesis is accepted and the null hypothesis is rejected. Keywords: Influence, Sentence Pattern, Vocabulary Mastery, Reading  Comprehension

Teaching formal programming to first year computer science students

1996 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry McLoughlin ◽  
Kevin Hely
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
First Year ◽  
Science Students

Hello, world

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-14
Author(s):  
Komal Aheer ◽  
A. Cameron Macdonell
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
First Year ◽  
Science Students ◽  
International Context ◽  
Social Good ◽  
Internationalization At Home ◽  
At Home

We have created a cross-institution activity to explore the outcomes of an Internationalization at Home (IaH) initiative conducted to expose first year computer science students to the concept of computing for social good in an international context. In doing so we explore how differences in culture can influence students' perceptions and approaches to computing for social good.

The risks and benefits of teaching purely functional programming in first year

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
MANUEL M. T. CHAKRAVARTY ◽  
GABRIELE KELLER
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Functional Programming ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
First Year ◽  
Functional Languages ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Risks And Benefits

We argue that teaching purely functional programming as such in freshman courses is detrimental to both the curriculum as well as to promoting the paradigm. Instead, we need to focus on the more general aims of teaching elementary techniques of programming and essential concepts of computing. We support this viewpoint with experience gained during several semesters of teaching large first-year classes (up to 600 students) in Haskell. These classes consisted of computer science students as well as students from other disciplines. We have systematically gathered student feedback by conducting surveys after each semester. This article contributes an approach to the use of modern functional languages in first year courses and, based on this, advocates the use of functional languages in this setting.

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