Authors:
Erman Coşkun
;
Feriha Soysal
and
Büşra Alma
Affiliation:
Sakarya University, Turkey
Keyword(s):
Information, Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Literacy, Information Literacy, Education, Information Technologies.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Computer-Supported Education
;
Information Technologies Supporting Learning
Abstract:
Development levels of societies are highly correlated with the efficiency in usage of information and
communication technologies between people belonging to those particular societies. For this reason, this study
aims to investigate ICT literacy levels of high school students, to find out the general profile in terms of
literacy levels and to reveal the students’ internet usage purposes according to their ICT literacy levels. So as
to achieve this goal a questionnaire developed by the researchers was conducted among the students at their
9th, 10th, 11th and 12th levels of study. Sample of the study encompassed different types of high schools in the
Sakarya province of Turkey including Anatolian High School, Science High School, Vocational & Technical
High School, Private Anatolian High School and Sports School. Students were questioned so as to determine
their ICT literacy levels and to find out reasons behind their internet usage by means of variables representing
school type, gende
r, level of study (9, 10, 11, 12), average success score and frequency of usage. As a result,
even though the purpose of internet usage demonstrated a common trend among groups having different levels
of ICT literacy, priorities for the usage of internet changed among different levels.
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