Abstract
The progress of information technology has brought about the rapid diffusion of personal computers into schools and homes and user-friendly environments for computer uses. The present study examined whether such changes over the past ten years improved the computer attitudes of high school and college students. The data collected ten years ago were compared with those of present students using Loyd & Gressard's computer attitude scale (CAS). The results show that current students hold more positive attitudes towards computers than students ten years ago. While sex-stereotyping view with computers decreased, female students were less positive than male students. In contrast with male students who had changed their attitudes more positively on all of the CAS 3 subscales, female students attitudes changed more positively only on the 'computer anxiety' subscale over ten years. With female students, attitudes on the other two subscales, i.e. 'computer confidence' and 'computer liking', remained almost unchanged. It was discussed that more attention should be paid to socio-psychological factors for gender problems.
