RT Journal Article
T1 Attitudes towards the Use of ICT in Costa Rican University Students: The Influence of Sex, Academic Performance, and Training in Technology
A1 García Martínez, José Antonio
A1 Fuentes Abeledo, Eduardo José
A1 Rodríguez Machado, Eduardo Rafael
K1 Iinformation and communication technologies (ICT)
K1 Attituded towards ICT
K1 Educational technology
K1 Lifelong learning
K1 Self-regulated learning
AB Information and communication technologies (ICT) are being used more and more as part of teaching processes in both formal and informal settings. In this regard, it is important to understand university students’ attitudes towards using ICT as they will shortly form part of the productive sector of society. The aim of this study was to analyze student attitudes during their final years pursuing various degrees at a university in Costa Rica. We used a non-experimental transactional design and probabilistic sampling that involved 1187 students. We used a questionnaire containing a Likert-type scales to measure attitudes, which was structured according to affective, cognitive, and behavioral components. The results showed positive attitudes in general, with higher scores in the cognitive and behavioral components, and moderate scores in the affective component. In addition, we found differences in attitudes according to sex, prior training in technology, and academic performance
PB MDPI
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24184
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24184
LA eng
NO García-Martínez, J.-A.; Fuentes-Abeledo, E.-J.; Rodríguez-Machado, E.-R. Attitudes towards the Use of ICT in Costa Rican University Students: The Influence of Sex, Academic Performance, and Training in Technology. Sustainability 2021, 13, 282
NO This article was produced within the research framework: “Ecologías de aprendizaje en la era digital: nuevas oportunidades para la formación del profesorado de educación secundaria” (Learning ecologies in the digital age: new opportunities for secondary education teacher training) (ECO4LEARN-SE), partially financed by the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (Reference RTI2018-095690-B-I00)
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026