Semester
Fall
Date of Graduation
1998
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Type
EdD
College
College of Education and Human Services
Department
Learning Sciences and Human Development
Committee Chair
Edward C. Pytlik.
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to identify if there was a significant difference between the perspectives of selected disciplines with regard to the nature and history of technology. A content analysis of classic literature from multiple disciplines to determine perspectives concerning the nature of technology served as a basis for the development of a general semantic differential instrument. The instrument was administered to a given population yielding a conceptual scoring of perspectives. Scored concepts were then cross referenced to respective disciplines to determine if the degree of difference between disciplines was statistically significant.
Recommended Citation
Maser, Bryan Calvin, "Determining perspectives of selected disciplines concerning the nature of technology within classic literature" (1998). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 3120.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/3120