Information Technology Reference
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Self-Assessment Results
The results of Phase I, Part 2, the self-assessment survey, are shown in Tables 3 through
7. Of all of the software programs evaluated, students considered the Windows operating
system as that which they best knew. Only 1.6% of the students rated their Windows skills
as none (Not at all) or very little (Not very well). There was a noticeable drop between their
confidence with Windows and all other software applications used in the study. Excel was
the next software program that the students felt they had the most ability using. Only 39.6%
of the students indicated they had no (Not at all) or very little (Not very well) confidence using
Excel. Approximately half of the students (49.6%) rated their PowerPoint capabilities as “Not
at all” or “Not very well.” And, 51.7% of the students rated their computer concepts ability
as “Not at all” or “Not very well.” Access was the product they felt they knew least, with 63.2%
selecting the options “Not at all” or “Not very well” when asked to assess their relational
database capabilities.
Table 3. Self-assessment score — Computer Concepts
Concepts
Pre-Test Self-assessment
Score
Rating
count
%
Average
2.1
All of the time
19
3.9%
Standard
Deviation
57
11.6%
0.9
Most of the time
Minimum
1.0
Sometimes
162
32.9%
234
47.6%
Maximum
5.0
Not very well
20
4.1%
Not at all
Total
492 100.0%
Table 4. Self-assessment score — Excel
Excel
Pre-Test Self-assessment
Score
Rating
count
%
86
17.5%
Average
2.6
All of the time
Standard
Deviation
92
18.7%
1.3
Most of the time
119
24.2%
Minimum
1.0
Sometimes
Maximum
5.0
Not very well
128
26.0%
Not at all
67
13.6%
Total
492
100.0%
