Investigation of primary school students’ attitudes toward tablet computers according to different variables<p>Ortaokul öğrencilerinin tablet bilgisayarlara yönelik tutumlarının çeşitli değişkenlere göre incelenmesi
Journal Title: Journal of Human Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 12, Issue 1
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine the attitudes of the primary students towards tablet pc in terms of different variables. Descriptive survey method was used in the research. In the study, Tablet Pc Attitude Scale developed by Bozdoğan & Uzoğlu (2012) was used as the assessment tool. The sample of this study is 627 sixth, seventh, eighth grade students who educated in Giresun city centre Randomly selected primary schools participated the study in fall 2012–2013 semester. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentages, arithmetic mean, independent samples t test, One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The result of the study was showed that students’ PC Attitude score was great level. At the end of the research, the relationship between students’ tablet computer attitude score with gender, years, frequency of computer use was found significantly. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı, ortaokul öğrencilerinin tablet bilgisayara ilişkin tutumlarını farklı değişkenler açısından belirlemektir. Betimsel bir çalışma olan bu araştırmada veriler; Bozdoğan & Uzoğlu (2012) tarafından geliştirilen, güvenirlik katsayısı 0.93 olarak bulunan “Tablet bilgisayar tutum ölçeği ” kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini Giresun ilinden basit tesadüfi örnekleme yöntemi ile seçilen 627 ortaokul öğrencisi oluşturmuştur. Verilerin analizinde frekans, yüzde, aritmetik ortalama, t-testi, tek yönlü anova istatistiksel yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya katılan ortaokul öğrencilerinin tablet bilgisayara ilişkin tutumlarının oldukça yüksek olduğu görülmüştür. Öğrencilerin cinsiyet, bilgisayar kullanmaya başlama yılları, bilgisayar kullanma sıklığı gibi değişkenlere göre tablet bilgisayara karşı tutumları arasında anlamlı bir fark olduğu belirlenmiştir.
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Mustafa Uzoğlu, Aykut Emre Bozdoğan
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