Are We Measuring Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computers in Detail?: Adaptation of a Questionnaire into Turkish Culture
Abstract
Teachers’ perceptions of computers play an
important role in integrating computers into education. The related literature includes studies developing or adapting a
survey instrument in Turkish culture measuring teachers’ attitudes toward
computers. These instruments have three to four factors (e.g., computer
importance, computer enjoyment, computer confidence) and 18 to 26 items under
these factors. The purpose of the present study is to adapt a more detailed and
stronger survey questionnaire measuring more dimensions related to
teachers’ attitudes. The source instrument was developed by Christensen and
Kenzek (2009) and called Teachers’ Attitudes toward Computers (TAC). It has
nine factors with 51 items. Before testing the instrument, the interaction (e-mail)
factor was taken out because of the cultural differences. The reliability and
validity testing of the translated instrument was completed with 273 teachers’
candidates in a Faculty of Education in Turkey. The results showed that the
translated instrument (Cronbach’s Alpha: .94) included eight factors and consisted of 42 items under these factors,
which were consistent with the original instrument. These factors were: Interest (α: .83), Comfort
(α: .90), Accommodation
(α: .87), Concern
(α: .79), Utility
(α: .90), Perception
(α: .89), Absorption
(α: .84), and Significance
(α: .83). Additionally, the
confirmatory factor analysis result for the model with eight factors was: RMSEA=0.050, χ2/df=1.69, RMR=0.075, SRMR=0.057, GFI= 0.81, AGFI= 0.78, NFI= 0.94, NNFI=0.97, CFI=0.97, IFI= 0.97. Accordingly, as a reliable, valid and stronger
instrument, the adapted survey instrument can be suggested for the use in
Turkish academic studies.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
July 1, 2017
Submission Date
February 3, 2017
Acceptance Date
March 28, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 4 Number: 2