The study of high school students’ experiences related to smart boards

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

Mostafa Ghaderi ¹ , Zahra Khoshnamond ² , Rahimeh Mohammadi ³

1 - Associate Professor of Curriculum Curriculum, Kurdistan University, Sanandaj, Iran.
2 - Master of Curriculum Planning, Kurdistan University, Sanandaj, Iran.
3 - Master of Educational Planning, Kurdistan University, Sanandaj, Iran.

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2017-08-23

Keywords: high school, Educational Technology, Attitude, Learning, smart board,

Abstract :

The aim of this research was the study of high school students’ experiences of smart boards. By descriptive – exploratory method and by quantitative – qualitative approach 114 students of high school are studied. The students had at least one year experience working with smart boards. Instruments of research were Smart Board Attitude Scale-SBAS (had 24 items and its reliability was .904) and interview. The findings of research showed that attitude of students related to smart board is low than average. The students who were working for first time with smart boards had different difficulties, for example: no experience teachers, no electronic curriculum packages and lack of tools and programs of teaching. At all, the students had not positive attitudes related to smart boards. The model of smart board’s effectiveness with three factors of attitude, learning and facilitation that explored at before researches is confirmed.

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