Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Attitudes towards Computer and Computer Using Skill Levels 1 (original) (raw)

The purpose of this research was to examine the correlation between pre-service elementary teachers' attitudes towards computer and computer skill levels. Attitudes towards computer and computer skill levels of pre-service elementary teachers' were also investigated in terms of gender, age, and grade level. The participants of study consist of 145 students, 61 females, 84 males, between ages 18 and 29. The data were collected through the Computer Using Skills and Attitudes towards Computers Scale developed by Yeşilyurt and Gül (2007) and Personal Information Form developed by researchers. Correlation analysis, regression analysis and t-test were used to analyze data. Results show that there were positive correlation between pre-service elementary teachers' attitudes towards computer and computer skill levels. There were difference statistically between male and female students' scores of computer using skills and attitudes toward computers. Pre-service elementary teachers' attitudes towards computer and computer skill levels did not differ significantly according to ages and grade levels.