The research of attitude toward computers and books of Chinese college student

Abstract

In order to find out the students' attitudes difference toward books and computers and compare the difference between the Westerns and Chinese, this study investigated the attitudes toward books and computers of Chinese college students through questionnaire revised from CAM questionnaire scale. The results showed: firstly, similar to Westerns results, the college students in China preferred books than computers, and took books as the first learning tools; Secondly, gender and Major background had no significant effect on the attitudes toward books and computers; Thirdly, the comparison results showed that there were significant culture difference in attitudes toward books and computers between the Westerns and Chinese students. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.