Date of Award:
5-1999
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department:
Management
Department name when degree awarded
Business Information Systems and Education
Committee Chair(s)
Thomas S. Hilton
Committee
Thomas S. Hilton
Committee
James C. Scott
Committee
Charles Lutz
Committee
Lloyd Bartholome
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between freshmen's use of microcomputers and their social and intellectual development in a university environment. A review of related literature describes the theoretical foundation of this research and identifies questionnaire items for measuring the critical variables of microcomputer use and student development. To conduct the study, data obtained from 400 freshman students prior to entering Utah State University (USU) in the fall of 1996 were compared to data collected from the same students during Spring Quarter of 1997. Correlational analysis was used to study changes in freshman students' use of microcomputers and variables known to predict students' social and academic integration into the institution. Regression analyses were used to identify variables and dimensions of microcomputer use that contributed to and detracted from students' intellectual and social development.
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Recommended Citation
Judd, Daniel R., "A Model of Freshman Use of Microcomputers Related to Intellectual and Social Development" (1999). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 6120.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6120
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