Instruments

Computer Attitude Questionnaire (CAQ)

Description

The Computer Attitude Questionnaire is a 65-item Likert instrument for measuring middle school students' attitudes on all Young Children's Computer Inventory subscales plus computer anxiety.  The 4-point Likert scale version is recommended for grades 4-8; the 5-point Likert scale version is recommended for high school students.  This questionnaire is part of a series of six instruments developed to assess youth attititudes towards information technology.  

The link includes links to the instrument and links to two technical reports about the CAQ as well as documentation of reliability testing and administration guidelines.  

Authors provide instrument validity and/or reliability information.

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INSTRUMENT DETAILS

Topic(s)
Evaluation
Youth Motivation and Interests in STEM
Author
Texas Center for Educational Technology
Target Gradespan(s)
Middle school (6-8)
High school (9-12)
Additional Disciplines
Computer Science - general