Analyzing the Relationship between the Secondary School Students' Attitudes towards the Educational Computer Games, and Their Reflective Thinking Skills

Autor/inn/en	Kahyaoglu, Mustafa; Elcicek, Mithat
Titel	Analyzing the Relationship between the Secondary School Students' Attitudes towards the Educational Computer Games, and Their Reflective Thinking Skills
Quelle	(2016), S.290-297 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-6521
Schlagwörter	Correlation; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; Educational Technology; Computer Games; Reflection; Thinking Skills; Foreign Countries; Educational Games; Problem Solving; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Unterrichtsmedien; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Denkfähigkeit; Ausland; Educational game; Lernspiel; Problemlösen; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Türkei
Abstract	The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship between the secondary school students' attitudes towards the educational computer games, and their reflective thinking skills. As the model of the research, it's utilized from the correlational research model. The target population of the study consists of secondary school students that receive education in city center of Siirt. And the sample that is composed of 653 students in total, being as 262 girls and 391 boys, is determined according to the appropriate sampling method among the selective sampling methods. A personal information form which includes variables like gender, class, computer and internet ownership status of the students who participated to the research; the "The Educational Computer Games Attitude" scale developed by Çankaya and Karamete (2008), and the "Reflective Thinking Skills Towards Problem Solving" scale developed by Kizilkaya and Askar (2010) were used as the data collection tools. In the analysis of data, in order to determine the students' attitudes towards the educational computer games and reflective thinking skill levels, the descriptive statistics; to determine the relationship between the variables, the correlation analysis; and to determine the predictive power, the linear regression analysis are used. At the end of the research, it's determined that there is a significant relationship positively and in an intermediate level between attitudes towards the educational computer games' and reflective thinking skills' levels. Also, it's observed that attitude towards the educational computer games is a significant predictor of the students' reflective thinking skill levels. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01