Digital Reading and Writing Attitudes of Preservice Elementary Teachers: A Correlational Research

Kayhan Bozgun, Fatih Can

Abstract


This study aims to examine the relationship between digital reading and digital writing attitudes of preservice elementary teachers. The sample of the research consists of 294 preservice elementary teachers studying at the faculty of education. The research sample was determined using the convenience sampling method. Attitude Scale for Digital Writing, Attitude Scale towards Digital Reading, and Personal Information Form were used as data collection tools. Data were analysed using R Studio software. Independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA and simple linear regression analysis were used in the analysis process. The findings indicated that the reading attitudes and writing attitudes scores of the preservice elementary teachers did not differ according to gender, age, and grade level. However, it was found that the preservice teachers who stated that they read digital books had a higher level of reading and writing attitudes than the preservice teachers who stated that they did not read. It has been determined that there is a high level of significant relationship between digital reading and writing attitudes. According to the results of the simple linear regression analysis, it was found that the writing attitudes of the preservice elementary teachers who had high digital reading attitude levels were also high. As a result, it can be said that as the digital reading attitudes of the preservice elementary teachers increase, their attitudes towards writing will also increase. Experimental studies can be conducted to determine the effect of reading digital books on digital writing attitudes.

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Digital Reading, Digital writing, Attitudes, Preservice teachers

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.10n.3p.25

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