The relationship between the use of mobile technology and problem-solving strategies in students of the Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

anahita mirzaei ¹ , Fatemeh Ahmadbeigi ²

1 - Master of Educational Technology, Department Of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University Tehran North Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of department of Education ,Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2020-10-29 Accepted : 2021-01-05 Published : 2020-04-20

Keywords: problem solving, Islamic Azad University, mobile technology, student, Technological Strategies,

Abstract :

Objective: Determining the relationship between the use of mobile technology and problem solving strategies among students of the Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University- Tehran North Branch. Method: The present applied research is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the study is all students of the Faculty of Humanities of Islamic Azad University-Tehran North Branch, which were 4976 students. The sample size according to Morgan table was estimated to be 354 who were selected by stratified random sampling. Data collection tools are Slanbay (2008) Mobile Technology Questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.81 and Cassidy and Lang (1996) Questionnaire of Strategies Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk, Pearson correlation coefficient and regression tests were used to analyze the data. Results: The share of using mobile technology is 3.5% creativity strategy, 3.8% trust strategy, 4.6% orientation strategy, 4.4% helplessness strategy, 3.4% inhibition strategy, 2.4% avoidance strategy, and finally 3.9% of changes in problem solving strategies in students of the Faculty of Humanities of Islamic Azad University- Tehran North Branch can be explained through the use of mobile technology. Conclusion: The results showed that with 95% confidence, there is a relationship between the use of mobile technology and problem solving strategies in students, which is equal to 0.204 units.