Yıl: 2017 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 166 - 181 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture

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Teachers’ perceptions of computers play an important role in integrating computers into education. The related literature includes studies developing or adapting a survey instrument in Turkish culture measuring teachers’ attitudes toward computers. These instruments have three to four factors (e.g., computer importance, computer enjoyment, computer confidence) and 18 to 26 items under these factors. The purpose of the present study is to adapt a more detailed and stronger survey questionnaire measuring more dimensions related to teachers’ attitudes. The source instrument was developed by Christensen and Kenzek (2009) and called Teachers’ Attitudes toward Computers (TAC). It has nine factors with 51 items. Before testing the instrument, the interaction (e-mail) factor was taken out because of the cultural differences. The reliability and validity testing of the translated instrument was completed with 273 teachers’ candidates in a Faculty of Education in Turkey. The results showed that the translated instrument (Cronbach’s Alpha: .94) included eight factors and consisted of 42 items under these factors, which were consistent with the original instrument. These factors were: Interest (α: .83), Comfort (α: .90), Accommodation (α: .87), Concern (α: .79), Utility (α: .90), Perception (α: .89), Absorption (α: .84), and Significance (α: .83). Additionally, the confirmatory factor analysis result for the model with eight factors was: RMSEA=0.050, χ2/df=1.69, RMR=0.075, SRMR=0.057, GFI= 0.81, AGFI= 0.78, NFI= 0.94, NNFI=0.97, CFI=0.97, IFI= 0.97. Accordingly, as a reliable, valid and stronger instrument, the adapted survey instrument can be suggested for the use in Turkish academic studies
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APA Gunbas N, DEMİR Ö (2017). Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture. , 166 - 181.
Chicago Gunbas Nilgun,DEMİR ÖZDEN Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture. (2017): 166 - 181.
MLA Gunbas Nilgun,DEMİR ÖZDEN Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture. , 2017, ss.166 - 181.
AMA Gunbas N,DEMİR Ö Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture. . 2017; 166 - 181.
Vancouver Gunbas N,DEMİR Ö Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture. . 2017; 166 - 181.
IEEE Gunbas N,DEMİR Ö "Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture." , ss.166 - 181, 2017.
ISNAD Gunbas, Nilgun - DEMİR, ÖZDEN. "Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture". (2017), 166-181.
APA Gunbas N, DEMİR Ö (2017). Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 4(2), 166 - 181.
Chicago Gunbas Nilgun,DEMİR ÖZDEN Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 4, no.2 (2017): 166 - 181.
MLA Gunbas Nilgun,DEMİR ÖZDEN Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, vol.4, no.2, 2017, ss.166 - 181.
AMA Gunbas N,DEMİR Ö Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education. 2017; 4(2): 166 - 181.
Vancouver Gunbas N,DEMİR Ö Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education. 2017; 4(2): 166 - 181.
IEEE Gunbas N,DEMİR Ö "Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture." International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 4, ss.166 - 181, 2017.
ISNAD Gunbas, Nilgun - DEMİR, ÖZDEN. "Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture". International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 4/2 (2017), 166-181.