Research Article
Educational Technology in Iranian High Schools: EFL Teachers’ Attitudes, Perceived Competence, and Actual Use
Table 4
Questionnaire results for EFL teachers’ perceived competency in integrating educational technology in their classes.
| Items | No com.% | Little com.% | Moderate com.% | Much com.% | Mean | SD |
| (1) Installing new software on a computer | 19.6 | 20.5 | 41.1 | 18.8 | 2.59 | 1.00 | (2) Using a printer | 5.4 | 21.4 | 37.5 | 35.5 | 3.04 | 0.89 | (3) Using a computer keyboard | 2.7 | 12.5 | 43.8 | 41.1 | 3.23 | 0.77 | (4) Operating a word processing program (e.g., Word) | 2.7 | 20.5 | 38.4 | 38.4 | 3.12 | 0.82 | (5) Operating a presentation program (e.g., PowerPoint) | 9.8 | 28.6 | 38.4 | 23.2 | 2.75 | 0.92 | (6) Operating a spreadsheet program (e.g., Excel) | 36.6 | 28.6 | 25.9 | 8.9 | 2.07 | 0.99 | (7) Operating a database program (e.g., Access) | 35.7 | 30.4 | 25 | 8.9 | 2.07 | 0.98 | (8) Using the Internet for communication (e.g., e-mail & chatroom) | 11.6 | 21.4 | 28.6 | 38.4 | 2.94 | 1.03 | (9) Using the World Wide Web to access different types of information | 5.4 | 21.4 | 38.4 | 34.8 | 3.03 | 0.88 | (10) Solving simple problems in operating computers | 15.2 | 29.5 | 42 | 13.4 | 2.54 | 0.91 | (11) Operating a graphics program (e.g., Photoshop) | 43.8 | 28.6 | 25.9 | 1.8 | 1.86 | 0.86 | (12) Using computers for grade keeping | 22.3 | 26.8 | 38.4 | 12.5 | 2.41 | 0.97 | (13) Selecting and evaluating educational software | 16.1 | 34.8 | 40.2 | 8.9 | 2.42 | 0.88 | (14) Creating and organizing computer files and folders | 15.2 | 20.5 | 40.2 | 24.1 | 2.73 | 0.99 | (15) Removing computer viruses | 29.5 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 13.4 | 2.26 | 1.02 | Overall competence | 18.10 | 24.94 | 35.49 | 21.47 | 2.60 | 0.92 |
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