DETERMINING THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE ATTITUDE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER CANDIDATES TOWARDS E ASSESSMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of prospective primary school teachers towards technology and e-assessment in the distance education process. The study was designed according to the correlation method. The study was applied to students in all grades studying in the Department of Elementary Education of a state university in Turkey. In this study, "attitude scale towards technology", "attitude scale towards e-assessment and "demographic information form" were used to collect data. The results of the analysis showed that the relationship between the attitude towards e-assessment dependent variable and the independent variables of gender and continuous access to the internet was positive and direct. In addition, it was found that the relationship between the attitude towards technology and gender, the frequency of using technology and the frequency of using distance education was positive and directly related. It was observed that the independent variables of gender, grade level, frequency of distance education use, frequency of internet use positively affected the dependent variables of e-assessment and attitude towards technology. Accordingly, it can be said that these factors should be keep in mind in e-assessment and technology use.

Keywords: E-assessment, technology, attitude, pre-service elementary teacher.   

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