The Relationship between Teachers’ ICT Literacy and Academic Achievement Fifth Grade Students’ in Tehran

Subject Areas : Educational management

Mehdi  Shariatmadari ¹ (استادیار گروه مدیریت آموزشی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران مرکزی، تهران، ایران)
Marzieh  Aghajani ² (کارشناس ارشد برنامه‌ریزی درسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران مرکزی، تهران، ایران)

Received: 2014-11-05 Accepted : 2015-09-28 Published : 2015-11-01

Keywords: academic achievement, Information and communication technology, fifth grade students,

Abstract :

The present study aimed to study the relationship between teachers' ICT literacy and the academic achievement of fifth grade students in Tehran. The research was descriptive in nature and correlational method was used as the design of the study and data collection method. The statistical population of the study included all teachers of fifth grade in Tehran primary schools who were 2669 in 2014-15 academic year. Based on Krejcie and Morgan table and by using simple random sampling method a sample of 338 was chosen. In order of data collection a researcher made questionnaire was used. The content and face validity of the questionnaires was evaluated and confirmed by researchers. Reliability of the survey was explored and the calculated Cronbach Alpha was 0.949 and 0.903 for ICT Literacy scale and Academic Achievement questionnaire respectively. For data analyzing Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple Regression tests were used. The findings of the study indicated that there was a significant correlation between teachers ICT literacy, and students’ academic achievement. Furthermore, Regression analysis showed that use of computer and management files, jobs and ICT predict academic achievement positively.

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