Students’ Views on the use of Interactive Whiteboards in the Secondary Schools for Enhancing Clasrooms Learning

Year 2016, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 0 - 0, 23.12.2016

Ömer Çakıroğlu

Abstract

This study was on students’ views on the use of Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) for enhancing classroom learning in the secondary schools in 6^th  grades. Quantitative research method design was conducted in the study and participants were the sixth grades students (N=378) in 10 secondary schools. The necessary scale tables was developed by the researcher. Eleven closed questions (Yes/No) and forty items Likert-type questionnaire were used to collect data on the IWB use for classrooms learning. Mean score of 11 closed items were higher than fifty. Of 40 items, mean scores of 36 items were higher than 3.00 and only two items were lower than 3.00. Reliability for Likert-type items various between excellent (α=0.92) and good ( α=0.87

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