A study on developing "Basic Computer Use Performance Scale (BCUPS)" for Primary Students

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2012

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Elsevier Science BV

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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Özet

Aim of computer courses in primary education is to teach information technology use skills in the light of modern technological developments in Turkey. From this point, the aim of study is develop a scale to uncover of primary students' basic computer use performances. In order to develop a scale, explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted with a sample of 835 primary students. According to explanatory factor analysis (EFA) results BCUPS was developed that has 53 items under seven subscales. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, RMSEA value was found at 0.046. The Cronbach-Alpha internal integrity coefficient of the final version of the BCUPS was found at 0.971. The results of the two analysis illustrated that BCUPS is a valid and reliable scale for measuring basic computer performance.

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Meeting: 4th World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES) Location: Univ Barcelona, Barcelona, SPAIN Date: FEB 02-05, 2012

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Basic computer use, Performance indicators, Primary students

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4th World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES)

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46

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Metin, M., Birişçi, S., Coşkun, K., & Kolomuç, A. (2012). A study on developing “Basic Computer Use Performance Scale (BCUPS)” for Primary Students. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 46, 1771-1775.