Acta Didactica Napocensia
Volume 10 Number 3, pages 91-108
Published: 12 November 2017
ATTITUDES TOWARDS
COMPUTER AND COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY AS PREDICTORS OF PRESERVICE MATHEMATICS
TEACHERS’ COMPUTER ANXIETY
Adeneye O. A. Awofala,
Sabainah O. Akinoso, Alfred O. Fatade
Abstract: The study investigated attitudes
towards computer and computer self-efficacy as predictors of computer anxiety
among 310 preservice mathematics teachers from five higher institutions of
learning in Lagos and Ogun States of Nigeria using the quantitative research
method within the blueprint of the descriptive survey design. Data collected
were analysed using the descriptive statistics of percentages, mean, and
standard deviation and inferential statistics of factor analysis, independent
samples t-test, Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and multiple
regression analysis. Finding revealed that attitude toward computer assessed by
the attitudes towards computer scale was a multi-dimensional construct
(affective, perceived usefulness, behavioural intention and perceived control
component). Gender differences in attitude toward computer and computer anxiety
among preservice mathematics teachers were significant. Affective
component, computer self-efficacy, perceived control component, and perceived
usefulness component made
statistically significant contributions to the variance in preservice
mathematics teachers’ computer anxiety. The
study recommended among others that academic institutions should pay more
attention to this computer anxiety and adopt proper ways of reducing the
computer anxiety, so that positive e-learning experiences can be created for
preservice teachers.
Key words: Computer attitude, computer self-efficacy, computer
anxiety, preservice mathematics teacher.