ERIC Number: EJ989220
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jul
Pages: 11
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Saudi Secondary School Teachers Attitudes' towards Using Interactive Whiteboard in Classrooms
Isman, Aytekin; Abanmy, Fahad AbdulAziz; Hussein, Hisham Barakat; Al Saadany, Mohammed Abdelrahman
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, v11 n3 p286-296 Jul 2012
The research aims at investigating the Saudi Secondary school Teachers' Attitudes towards using Interactive Whiteboard in the classrooms. The research uses the Quasi- Experimental approach, with one group (100) teachers, and limited to the Secondary school Teachers that enrolled in the first semester of (2011/2012) academic year. The research uses Interactive Whiteboard Attitude Survey, observation skill card for using Interactive Whiteboard in the classrooms and structured interviews with students. The results indicated that there were appositive attitude towards using Interactive Whiteboard. But a few number of teachers used effectively the Interactive Whiteboard effectively in the classrooms. These results indicated that the teachers need a professional development program for effective using of Interactive Whiteboard effectively to help them in improving their Teaching skills and the students learning. More details of the results are discussed in the study. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Skills, Structured Interviews, Secondary School Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Courseware, Technology Uses in Education, Quasiexperimental Design, Attitude Measures, Teacher Effectiveness, Technology Integration, Electronic Learning, Knowledge Level, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Saudi Arabia
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