Investigation of Secondary School Students' Utilization Levels of Information Technologies in Terms of Different Variables

Abstract

Nowadays, thanks to the developing and widespread technological opportunities, information technologies have begun to be widely used by students and teachers at all levels of education. These technologies are especially important for secondary school students, for whom concretization is of great importance. In this context, this study aimed to examine the utilization levels of middle school students in information technologies. For this purpose, scanning model, which is one of the quantitative research methods, was preferred. The "Information Technology Utilization Scale" developed by Özmusul (2011) for secondary school students was used as a data collection tool in the study. The reliability coefficient for the scale was reported as 0.85 and it has a four-point Likert type. On the other hand, the participants consisted of 59 students who were determined by the appropriate sampling method and studying at secondary schools in Erciş district of Van province in the fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. In the study, how the students' level of using information technologies differ according to factors such as gender, class, general success level, parental education level and internet access was also analyzed statistically. During the data analysis process, normality tests, , Mann Whitney U test and one-way analysis of variance tests were used and the results were interpreted according to the 5% significance level. According to the findings, it was concluded that the students generally benefited from information technologies at a rate of 73%. In addition, it was concluded that these levels did not change significantly according to the students 'general grade averages, parents' education levels and other variables examined, but female students had a significantly higher level of use than male students.