According
to the results of 2017 Student Selection and Placement Exam, referred as SSPE, none
of the students were placed in 7 of the Computer Education and Instructional
Technologies (CEIT) departments and nine or less number of students were placed
in the remaining 38 of them. While four of the departments have fully filled
their quotas, 22 % of them have
filled their capacity between 20 %
and 60 %. In this respect, there is a
need to conduct research to determine reasons that affect students’ preferences
of selecting CEIT departments. In the present study, it is aimed to explore the
university and department-related features that affect the preferences of
students from CEIT departments that fully filled their quota or between 20 % - 60 % of their capacity. The data were gathered by survey research
method from 290 students who were enrolled in 12 different CEIT departments, which
filled their quota with 20 % or more.
In this respect, two different scales were developed as data collection tools,
their factors were determined, and validity-reliability analyses were
performed. The first scale the impact of
university-related features on preferences was composed of 14 items and
four factors (advice, location, opportunity, and reputation), the impact of department-related features on preferences
scale was composed of nine items and two factors (quality, advice). Statistical
analyses showed that the impact of university
opportunities and department quality
factors on determining preference revealed significant difference in the favor
of CEITS which fully filled their quota, the factor of university location revealed significant difference in the favor of
CEITS which did not fully fill their quota. The mean scores of the opinions of
the students on the reasons of preference was calculated as 3.63 out of 6 in
terms of university-related features and 2.72 in terms of department-related
features.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Other Fields of Education |
Journal Section | Articles |
Authors | |
Publication Date | July 31, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 20 Issue: 1 |
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