Offering a Model to Evaluate Relation of Use of Laptops, Tablets and IPads to Effective Learning Based Upon Mediation of Educational Motivation the case of teachers of smart high schools of Tehran
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 6, Issue 8
Abstract
The present study makes an attempt to evaluate the relation of the use of laptops, tablets, and iPads to effective learning based upon the mediation of educational motivation. The study is a descriptive-correlational research. The population comprises all the teachers of smart high schools of Tehran in the academic year 2011-2012. To choose the sample, the two-step cluster random sampling was employed. The research tools comprise three questionnaires: the researcher-made questionnaire of the use of information and communications technology (use of laptops, tablets and iPads), the researcher-made questionnaire of students’ educational motive, and the researcher-made questionnaire of effective learning. Views of some faculty members and specialists have been used to obtain the reliability of the questionnaires. For data analysis, the study employs Pearson correlation coefficient and Structural Equations Modeling. Generally, the findings reveal that use of laptops, tablets and iPads has a significant relation to effective learning in terms of promoting cognitive, affective and psychomotor abilities. The findings also reveal that educational motivation mediates the relation of the use of laptops, tablets and iPads to the development of effective learning. . According to the findings, GFI index equals 0.95, AGFI index equals 0.93, AGFI equals 0.248 and 2 x = 0.248 which indicate the model’s fitness.
Authors and Affiliations
Farhad Shafiepour Motlagh. phD| Department of educational administration, Mahallat Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahallat, IRAN, email: farhad_shafiepoor@yahoo.com, Farangis Elyasi. MA| Department of educational administration, Mahallat Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahallat, IRAN, elaysifar21@yahoo.com
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