The Relationship between Learning Styles (Active- Reflective and Sequential-Holistic) and Computer Anxiety in Undergraduate Students

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Taleb Zandi ¹

1 - Ph.D. Student of Educational Technology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2013-09-25 Accepted : 2014-08-16 Published : 2013-11-01

Keywords: computer anxiety, computer, Learning style, individual differences,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was the investigation of the relationship between learning styles (active- reflective and sequential-holistic) and computer anxiety in undergraduate students of faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaee University. To do so, a sample of 310 students was selected using multi-stage cluster sampling. Measurement tools in this research included Felder - Soloman learning styles questionnaire (1999) and Heinsen and colleagues computer anxiety questionnaire (1987). The research data were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics (mean, frequency, standard deviation, independent t test, and point biserial correlation coefficient) and the following results were obtained: There was a significant relationship between active-reflective learning style and students' computer anxiety, i.e., students with reflective learning style had more anxiety than those with active style. There was also significant relationship between sequential-holistic learning style and computer anxiety, so that students with holistic learning style had a higher computer anxiety than those with sequential learning style. There was no significant relationship between gender and computer anxiety. 

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