Chin?Chung Tsai|Sunny S. J. Lin|Meng?Jung Tsai
Developing an Internet Attitude Scale for high school students
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University|National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University|Tunghai University
although educators past decade developed various scales measuring students computer attitudes constructed scales specifically attitudes towards internet purpose study develop internet attitude scale high school students revising previous scale proposed selwyn 1997 selwyn n 1997 students attitudes toward computers validation computer attitude scale 1619 education computers education 281 3541 writing new items study developed internet attitude scale 18 items following four subscales perceived usefulness affection perceived control behavior study also explored gender differences scale relationship internet experience students responses scale research data gathered 753 taiwan high school students revealed students different gender various internet experiences show statistical differences perceptions toward potential usefulness internet subscale however male students tended express positive feeling lower anxiety higher confidence toward using internet female students students internet experience tended show similar positive attitudes less experience