The
aim of the study was to investigate high school students’ perceptions of the new
generation of IWBs. At the same time, the
question was examined of whether there are differences in perception with
regard to certain variables which are gender, and frequency of IWB use by teachers and by students. To achieve this aim, a
parallel mixed method design was used. A total of 877 high
school students participated in the study, comprising 410 females and 467 males. The data were collected
through an “Interactive Whiteboard Student Survey” and by open- ended
questions. The quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 for descriptive
statistics and multivariate analysis of variance. Nvivo8 qualitative data analysis software was utilized
for coding. Appropriate themes were developed from the related codes. The qualitative analysis revealed that about
half of the students thought that IWBs were useful and effective tool for
learning. There were seven themes and sub-themes which explain the contribution
of IWBs to students’ learning. The results of the MANOVA revealed
no significant effect of gender and frequency of IWB use by teacher on high
school students’ perception of IWBs. On the other hand, there was a statistically
significant difference in students ‘perception of IWBs based on frequency of IWB
use by himself/herself, F (6, 1662) = 3.11, p>0.5.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Studies on Education |
Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | December 1, 2019 |
Acceptance Date | October 23, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 |