Students’ views about computer use: Interviews with 8th graders

Authors

  • Sami Şahin
  • Ayşe Alkan

Keywords:

Elementary students, computer use

Abstract

We aimed to explore 8th grade students’ computer use in this research. We carried out the research at Yaşar Doğu Elementary School in Kavak, a district of Samsun province in Turkey. We implemented semi-structured interviews to collect the data. We selected our sample from among volunteers of 3 different classes, striving to select students with different characteristics. Our study group consisted of 3 girls and 4 boys. We recorded interviews with a video camera. We found that students have Internet access in the home; they learn to use computers from their family members and relatives; they think computers positively affect their social lives; they mostly use computers on recreational days; they mostly use computers for fun, although they also do homework and online assignments with computers and the Internet; they do not follow any electronic media or publications; and they think that only their mothers lack knowledge about computers among the family members.

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Author Biography

Sami Şahin

Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

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Published

2011-04-13

How to Cite

Şahin, S., & Alkan, A. (2011). Students’ views about computer use: Interviews with 8th graders. Journal of Human Sciences, 8(1), 1413–1427. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/1582

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Computer Education and Instructional Technologies