An analysis of PISA data to explore the relationship between students’ computer use attitudes toward school and reading enjoyment time

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2023-01-25

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Öztürk, Elif

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As use of technology continues its rapid growth among students, both within and outside of the educational context, its effect on students’ performance and attitudes becomes an increasingly important question to address. If computers move from being supplements to being the core of the learning environment and students’ daily life, this may constraint opportunities for social and intellectual development interfering with their reading and the learning activities. The purpose of this study is to compare the relationships that exist between students’ computer and Internet use and students’ reading enjoyment time and attitudes toward school for 15-year-old students in Türkiye, based on data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018. The sample includes 4996 students who participated in Internet use and school achievements questionnaires. By using SPSS, survey results are organized and the correlation matrix of the variables being used in the analyses is created. And then, to test the hypothesized model, AMOS 4.0 software is used. For testing that hypnotized model, the technique of SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) is used. The path model indicating the possible relationship is tested. The endogenous variables are (1) Reading enjoyment time and (2) Attitude toward school while the exogenous variables are (1) Computer use in classroom, (2) Internet use at school (out of class), (3) Internet use at home, (4) Internet use for entertainment, and (5) Index of economic, social, cultural status. With the runned path model analysis, the results of this study indicate that computer and Internet use in school are positively related with Internet use at home which seems to have a negative relationship with reading enjoyment time.

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computer use, attitude toward school, reading enjoyment

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https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/1186839
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/104580

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Department of Educational Sciences, Article