title: Factors influencing teachers' attitudes toward personal use and school use of computers: new evidence from a developing nation.
abstract: This study reports on the Arabization and empirical evaluation of two standard scales to assess Egyptian teachers' attitudes toward personal use and school use of computers. To date, no similar instruments have been translated and empirically evaluated in an Arabic-speaking community. Data provided by a sample of 443 teachers support the reliability and validity of the two Arabic versions and the body of the research evidence, which suggests that computer attitude is multidimensional. The relationship between gender, years of teaching experience, computer use, computer experience, and computer attitudes is also examined. Implications for preservice and in-service teacher preparation in Egypt are provided.
authors.affiliation: South Valley University, Egypt.
authors.forename: Alaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadik
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D004534:Egypt; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires