INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
Year:2016 | Volume:6 | Issue:4 (24)|Papers Count:10

Nowadays, it seems excessive use of electronic media causes sleep disorders and low academic performance in adolescents. The present study was conducted aimed to investigate the use of cell phone and its relationship with sleep quality and academic performance of second year high school students. This study was a correlation one. The statistical population was all second year high school students studying in 2015 in district one in Sari. The sample was selected 300 subjects using simple random sampling based on Krejcie and Morgan table. The research instrument includes cell phone application test, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality questionnaire and students' average (GPA). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test and independent t-test. The findings showed that a significant relationship was found between the use of cell phone, sleep quality and academic performance of students who have cell phones, in a way that by increasing the use of cell phone among students their sleep disorders are increased and academic performance is reduced.

This study aimed to determine the relationship between personality characteristics and metacognitive strategies of student-teachers with their computer self-efficacy in 2015. The study was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population, including 953 student-teachers was discontinuous Bachelor's degree in Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University. Among them, 280 were selected by Stratified random sampling according to their field of study, including the areas of social studies, Persian literature, mathematics, Arabic literature, educational affairs and English literature. Data collection instrument included Murphy computer self-efficacy, NEO Personality Characteristics Inventory and O'Neill-Abedi metacognitive questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, including multiple regression. Results of enter regression showed that neuroticism and agreeableness has negative relationship with self-efficacy and openness to experience has positive relationship with computer self-efficacy. Regression analysis results showed that the openness to experience has positive relationship with computer self-efficacy. Also, cognitive strategy has a positive relationship with computer self-efficacy.

The aim of this study was to investigate requirements influencing the use of learning management systems in higher education from the viewpoint of professors at the University of Isfahan. A qualitative study was done using interviews in 2014-15 academic year. Accordingly, 15 university professors were interviewed. Participants were interviewed by semi-structured interview. Prior to interviews, all inquiries had been validated by experts in the field. Collected data from interviews was analyzed using the method of categorization. Results showed that the major factors applied to learning management systems included: factors related to the nature of the learning management system, infrastructure- managerial factors and human factors. Important factors for application in learning management systems in higher education was teaching and learning ability in the factors related to the system; in the human dimension it was proficiency in use of the system; and in managerial- infrastructure it was quality and quantity of infrastructure and provision of adequate financial resources.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Internet and cell-phone addictions and academic burnout in Birjand University students. The research method was a descriptive correlational. The research population included all the undergraduate students of Birjand University (8591 people) studying during the academic year of 2014-15. Based on Krejcie and Morgan's table, 370 people were chosen as the research samples using a cluster sampling method. To collect the data, Young's Internet addiction questionnaire, Young-Koo's cell-phone addiction questionnaire, and Berso’s academic burnout questionnaire were used. For data analysis, Pearson's correlation and regression were applied. The results were indicative of a positive significant relationship between cell-phone and Internet addictions and academic burnout. Also the regression result revealed that Internet addiction was a predictor of academic burnout and cell-phone addiction was a predictor of academic exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy.

The present study was aimed to compare willingness to communicate among adolescents interested in different styles of computer games. The method of this study was descriptive and casual-comparative design. Statistical population included all boy adolescents and youths who referred to all of 25 Internet gaming cafés in Zahedan in 2015. Sampling method was multi-stage cluster sampling which 8 Internet gaming cafés were selected randomly among all of Internet gaming cafés and then among all of referred people to them 156 individuals were selected by using simple random sampling (sortation). McCroskey’s Willingness to Communicate Scale was used to collect data. The results of one way ANOVA indicated that there was significant differences between willingness to communicate in different groups interested in styles of computer games (extensive online team, individual and combined games) (P£0.01). In this regard, those who were interested in extensive online team and combined games were more willing to communicate in comparison of those who were interested in individual games. Also, results released that subjects who chose both Internet gaming cafés and house as places to play were more willing to communicate compared to those who only selected their houses to play. Therefore, results of this study showed that each of the styles of computer games can have tremendous effect on audience.

This study aimed to investigate the effect of story animations on social development and social adjustment of 8-14 year-old educable mentally retarded students of Dezful in the 2014-15 school year. The research method was quasi-experimental and was conducted with pre-test and pre-test design with a control group. The study population included all educable mentally retarded students studying in Soodeh special school, with the numbers of 70 people. The sample consisted of 40 girl and boy educable mentally retarded students (IQ range was 60 to 74) which randomly selected and assigned to experimental and control groups. Participants also included Raven's colored test, Weiland social development scale, and children's social adjustment questionnaire. Reliability of social development and social adjustment tests was 0.75 and 0.77 respectively. Experimental group received 22 sessions of group intervention (watching electronic story books with animation) and in contrast, the control group received no intervention. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics including variance MANCOVA analysis. Comparison of the results of the post-test subjects showed that social development and social adjustment average of the experimental group compared with the control group was increased significantly. Therefore, it was concluded that story animations have a positive impact on social development and adjustment of educable mentally retarded students.

The transition of ethical values in teenagers and youths is greater than in any other period. The rapid cognitive growth in teenagers and youths causes such persons to judge moral and value issues better and encounter these issues with more complicated and finer reactions. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between moral development, SMS addiction and dropout rates in second high school students in Behshahr city. Hence, a total of 357 students amongst all the students in first, second and third base in the second high school of Behshahr (2015-16) was selected with a cluster sampling method. In order to collect the data, the Lotfabadi moral development test, SMS addiction test and dropout questionnaire were used. The results of the analysis of the data, using analysis of variance, correlation coefficient, t independent and regression in P<0.05 level, showed that there are reverse and negative correlations between moral development, SMS addiction and dropout rates, but there is a direct and positive correlation between SMS addiction and dropout rates. It also showed that the moral development variable can be predicted by SMS addiction and dropout variables.

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between using virtual social media in mobile phone and students’ academic procrastination, feeling lonely and mental health. This study was a descriptive-correlational research. The statistical population was made up of all third year high school students of public schools in Qom who were studied in 2015-2016 academic year. Out of the total 2414 students who comprised the population of this study, 334 were selected as sample based on Krejcie and Morgan table via a simple random sampling. Following visiting the schools, the aforesaid students were given and completed four questionnaires for data collection on using mobile phone’s virtual social media (researcher made), academic procrastination, feeling lonely and general health. The validity of tools was reported via face validity, criterion validity, internal consistency, and acceptable concurrent validity, respectively. The reliability, also, was calculated through Cronbach's Alpha coefficient which were obtained 0.88, 0.92, 0.89, and 0.88, respectively. Data analysis was carried out via Pearson Correlation test, linear regression analysis, and SPSS software. The results of the study revealed that the extent of using virtual social media has a direct relationship with academic procrastination and feeling lonely, and has a negative relationship with mental health. Furthermore, the variables of academic procrastination, feeling lonely and mental health contribute to predict the extent of using mobile phone’s virtual social media.