International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 7

Development of a tool to measure computer anxiety of pre-service teachers

  • Author:
  • Meena Sharma, Jasbir Singh
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 303 to 312

*Associate Professor, G.B. College of Education, Rohtak, (Haryana)

**Research Scholar, M.D. University, Rohtak, (Haryana)

Online published on 25 October, 2016.

Abstract

This paper describes the process of the development of an instrument to measure computer Anxiety of pre-service teachers. Computer anxiety as the psychological state of individuals who have negative reactions towards using computers. But it is observed that there is no tool with desired psychometric properties to measure the computer Anxiety of pre-service teachers. The scale has high validity and reliability indices indicating that the tool can be used to measure the computer anxiety of the pre-service teachers.