[[alternative]]A Study toward the Students' Computer Attitudes of Information Technology Program of Comprehensive High School

[[abstract]]This study was intended as an investigation of the computer attitudes ofnstudents in information technology program of comprehensive high school and the related factors. This study adopted survey research method and stratified cluster sampling from 41 information technology program of comprehensive high School in Taiwan. The survey was conducted based on classification of school districts and property. A total of 20 schools were randomly selected and surveyed. A total of 1,027 surveys were distributed and 908 were returned; a return rate of 89.28%. The data was then compiled and entered into a statistics software program, SPSS11.0 for Windows, where the information was tallied and analyzed. Methods of frequency distribution, percentage, average mean, standard deviation, t-test and one-way ANOVA were used for statistical analysis. The results were as follows: 1. The students’ computer attitudes of information technology program of comprehensive high school have reached the satisfactory degree at present. 2. Students who participated in school computer relevant corporation and outside school computer study class, and they showed more positive computer attitudes. 3. Students who spent more time in learning computers and in using computer, and they showed more positive computer attitudes. 4. Students who subscribed for computer books or magazines at home and parents encouraged their children to learn computers, and they showed more positive computer attitudes. Finally, the conclusions and data were compiled and provided to education authorities, educators, parents, students for reference, and suggestions were proposed for future research.