Computer anxiety, self-efficacy, computer experience: an investigation throughout a computer science degree
Doyle, E.; Stamouli, I.; Huggard, M.
Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE apos;05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference
Volume , Issue , 19-22 Oct. 2005 Page(s):S2H - 3
Digital Object Identifier   10.1109/FIE.2005.1612246
Summary:Considerable research has focused on the relationship between computer experience, computer anxiety and self-efficacy. These factors have been used both individually and in combination as predictors in the social sciences and business studies [1, 7, 17]. However, very few studies investigate their effects in the area of computer science. This study focuses on capturing these factors across the four years of a computer science course at Trinity College, Dublin. It shows that as computer experience increases self-efficacy also increases while computer anxiety decreases with increasing experience

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