The Relationship between Computer Anxiety and Learning Styles (Sensory-intuitive and Verbal-visual) among Persian University Students

Authors

Vahid R. Mirzaeian, AlzahraUniversity
Hamedreza Kohzadi, Otto-Friedrich-Universität BambergFollow

Corresponding Author

Hamedreza Kohzadi

Document Type

Original Study

Subject Areas

Education

Keywords

Anxiety, Computer, Learningstyle, Individualdifferences

Abstract

ThisstudywasconductedincentralIranamongallfirst-yearuniversitystudentsstudyingengineeringcoursesatArakUniversityofTechnology.Allstudents(No=310)wereincludedin thisstudy.Instrumentsusedmostly consistedofacomputeranxietyquestionnaireplusalearningstylequestionnaire.Thedatawasanalyzedbybothdescriptiveandinferentialstatistics(Mean,Frequency,StandardDeviations,IndependentT-testaswellasPointBiserialCorrelationCoefficient).Theresultsindicatedthattherewasastatisticallysignificantrelationshipbetweencomputeranxietyandsensory-intuitivelearningstyles,inthatthestudentshavingsensorylearningstylesufferedfromcomputeranxietymorefrequentlythanthestudenthavingintuitivelearningstyles.Inaddition,therewasastatisticallysignificantrelationshipbetweencomputeranxietyandverbal-visuallearningstyle,giventhatthestudentshavingvisuallearningstylesufferedfromcomputeranxietymore thanthe studentshaving verbal learningstyle. Nostatisticallysignificant relationship,however,wasfoundbetweencomputeranxietyandgender.

How to Cite This Article

Mirzaeian, Vahid R. and Kohzadi, Hamedreza (2019) "The Relationship between Computer Anxiety and Learning Styles (Sensory-intuitive and Verbal-visual) among Persian University Students," Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences: Vol. 22: Iss. 1, Article 3.
DOI: 10.5782/2223-2621.2019.22.1.52
Available at: https://kjhss.khazar.org/journal/vol22/iss1/3

Publication Date

2019