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| Effects of age and training formats on basic computer skill acquisition in older adults | | Author(s) | Katharina V Echt, Roger W Morrell, Denise C Park |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 24, no 1, January-February 1998 |
| Pages | pp 3-25 |
| Keywords | Learning capacity ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Young elderly ; Over 70s ; Information technology ; Computers ; Adult Education. |
| Annotation | This study examined the ability of two groups of older people (one aged 60-74 years, the other aged 75-89 years) to acquire and retain basic computer skills. The effects of two types of training methods on computer skill acquisition in these age groups were also explored. Participants in the study were trained to perform basic computer procedures with either an animated interactive CD-ROM or an illustrated manual. They were then tested on their ability to perform these procedures immediately after training and one week later. The findings revealed that the younger age group made fewer performance and motor control errors, required less assistance, and took less time for training than the older age group. Some forgetting of factual information about the computers and how to perform some of the procedures took place over time in both age groups. In addition, measures of spatial and verbal working memory were significant predictors of computer skill acquisition in some instances. Finally, the performance was approximately the same with the CD-ROM and the manual in both age groups. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980227401 A |
| Classmark | DE: DB: BBA: BBK: UVB: 3O: GP |
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