A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMPUTER ANXIETY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

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A computer is an electronic data processing device, which can write, compute, compare, store and process data with high speed, accuracy and reliability. Computers hold tremendous significance. Many of us will feel crippled without a computer, as we have gotten so used to this machine. The importance of computers cannot be denied in schools, business world, at work place and even in one’s personal life. In the modem workplace, pen, paper are becoming extent. Same is the case in schools and colleges as use of computer is increasingly rapidly. Many factors have been reported to influence computer anxiety. For example, Doyle, Stamouli and Huggard, (2005) found that computer anxiety decreases with increasing experience and knowledge of computer. In the present study, Descriptive Survey Method of research was used to collect the data of computer anxiety among secondary school students. The sample for the study consisted of 320 students of class 8th randomly selected from four government and four private secondary schools located at Faridabad district of Haryana state. The schools were selected on the basis of convenient sampling whereas simple random technique was followed to select the 8th class students. The instrument used to collect the computer anxiety data was based on the self -developed Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS). The findings of the study show that majority of secondary school students had moderate level of computer anxiety. The students having extremely high anxiety should be motivated to change their perception towards use of computer. The students of rural secondary schools were found to be are more anxious towards computer in comparison to the students studying in urban secondary schools. The girls of secondary schools were found experiencing more computer anxiety than the boys of secondary schools.

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