مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Examination of Middle School Students Attitudes Towards Technology in Terms of Some Variables

Abstract :

The aim of this study was examined the middle school students attitudes towards technology, in terms of some variables. General survey method was used in this study. The sample of this study was composed of randomly selected a total of 400 6th, 7th and 8th grade middle school students, studying at three city center and three connected to the center of the village middle school in Kars. The Turkish version of the attitude towards technology (ÖTYT-TR) scale was used in this study. The independent samples t test was used to determine the effect of gender and place of residence variables on students attitudes towards technology. Data analysis was conducted to determine the effect of class-level variable using One-Way ANOVA post hoc Tukey HSD test. As a result, in term of place of residence variable, students attitudes towards technology in the city center schools are more positive. According to gender variable was found that male students have more positive attitude towards technology than female students. Analyzed by grade level of students attitudes towards technology was determined the significant difference between 6th and 7th grade with 6th and 8th grade. This difference was found in favor of the 7th and 8th grade.