Technology In Education

Stephanie WalkerEDTC 5103

November 8, 2013

0Research hypothesis- Older teachers’ attitudes towards technology in education are more negative, than the attitudes of younger teachers.

0Null hypothesis- There is no difference in attitudes towards technology among teachers.

Distribution

I distributed 20, paper surveys to teachers at an Elementary School in Owasso, Ok. All of the teachers were female , teaching grades pre- k-5th and ranging in age from 20-69 years old.

Questions

1. Age Group ( 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69)

5)Strongly Disagree 4)Disagree 3)Neutral 2)Agree 1)Strongly Agree

2.Innovative, high-tech resources enhance classrooms and learning3.It is important to integrate technology into everyday lesson plans as much as possible.4.I feel comfortable teaching with technology.5.I would like to use technology more in my lesson plans.6.Online learning is beneficial and effective.7.Mobile devices should be used in classrooms.

Demographics

100%

Female

100%

USA

Gender ? In what country were you born?

DemographicsQuestion #1

3

5

8

31

Age Groups20 participants

20-2930-2940-4950-5960-69

Innovative, high-tech resources enhance classrooms

and learning.

Question # 20.00

0.50

1.00

1.50

2.00

2.50

3.00

3.50

4.00

4.50

5.00

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Question #33.80

3.85

3.90

3.95

4.00

4.05

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It is important to integrate technology into everyday lesson plans as much as possible

I feel comfortable teaching with technology

Question 40.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

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I would like to use technology more in my lesson plans

Question 50

1

2

3

4

5

6

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Online learning is beneficial and effective

Question 63.4

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.9

4

4.1

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Mobile devices should be used in classrooms.

Question 70

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

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Technology In Education

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

0.00

1.00

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

6.00

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ConclusionAfter evaluating the information from my survey, I fail to reject the

null hypothesis. There is no significant difference in attitude towards technology use in education between age groups.