THE VALUES ATTRIBUTED TO COMPUTER BY TEACHER CANDIDATES ACCORDING TO EMOTIONAL SEMANTIC DIFFERENCE

The purpose of the study is to examine the positive and negative attitudes of teacher candidates about the computer according to emotional values in semantic differentiation scale. The survey model that applied at quantitative studies is used in the research. This study was conducted with the participation of 119 teacher candidates. A unipolar questionnaire consisted of 25 two opposite attributes questions has been created to determine the views of teacher candidates regarding computer. For the general of the semantic differential attitudes scale the Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficients have been found as 0.92. Descriptive statistical methods were used for analyzing the data. It was determined that teacher candidates’ semantic attitudes towards computer were at a positive level in terms of mean scores of all adjectives considered; However based on each and every adjective, they mostly perceive computer as the current, facilitator, enough, dependency and efficient. As a result of the evaluation in terms of gender, it was found out that average of teacher candidates’ semantic attitudes towards computer did not show a statistically significant difference.