Effects of Computer Assisted Instruction on Preschool Students’ Attitudes Towards Computer
Öz
In our day, computers are being effectively used in almost every aspect of life. Their utilization is at an increasing rate in PreSchool Education in the recent years. Computer instructed learning is able to make great contribution to improving standards in Pre-School Education. However, the children must be interested in computer centered learning and enjoy their experience with it. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to study the effect of computer instructed learning on the students’ attitude towards computer. The research is carried out within the framework of pre-test and post-test. The workgroup is composed of 60 pre-school student. The measuring tool used is Evaluation Form For Attitude Towards Computer EFFATC . In the research, after the pre-test was done, post-test has been applied to students who were given Computer instructed education along 10 weeks. After all, it was evident that computer assisted instruction had positive impact on childrens’ attitudes towards computer
Anahtar Kelimeler
Preschool education,Computer Assisted Instruction,Students’ Attitudes
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