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Planned attitude change while teaching computer literacy

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All instruction, no matter how technical, has goals beyond its basic cognitive context. Attitudes and other traits are often as important as technical knowledge. The student needs a positive attitude to deal effectively with complex computer applications and should have a balanced view of the opportunities and dangers presented by the use of computers. The basic conjecture of this report is that within the environment of a computer literacy classroom student attitudes can be analyzed and systematically changed. The procedure described involves an attitude measuring instrument which was used to design specific instructional activities with well defined goals.

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        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 8, Issue 1
        Proceedings of the SIGCSE-SIGCUE joint symposium on Computer science education
        February 1976
        399 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/952989
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          SIGCSE '76: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE technical symposium on Computer science and education
          February 1976
          403 pages
          ISBN:9781450374125
          DOI:10.1145/800107

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