The Reality of Middle School (Intermediate) Female Students in Saudi Arabia and the Practice of 21st-Century Skills: Teachers’ Perspective
Table 7
The study participants’ responses to items of the “reality of middle school (intermediate) students regarding putting the skills of information, media, and technology into practice” are arranged in descending order according to the arithmetic mean.
#
Items
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly agree
Standard deviation
Degree of agreement
Rank
4
Acquisition of basic media skills and their contemporary applications
Frequency
36
34
139
88
32
3.14
1.087
Neutral
1
%
10.9
10.3
42.2
26.7
9.7
3
Understanding and realizing the methods of advertising and media and their impact on building perceptions and guiding opinion and decision
Frequency
0
85
139
105
0
3.06
0.759
Neutral
2
%
0
25.8
42.2
31.9
0
5
Valuing the importance of acquiring sound and safe habits in technical and informational dealings
Frequency
18
92
114
73
32
3.03
1.055
Neutral
3
%
5.5
28
34.7
22.2
9.7
2
Self-protection from health and psychological damage resulting from the misuse of technology
Frequency
0
94
170
65
0
2.91
0.691
Neutral
4
%
0
28.6
51.7
19.8
0
1
Awareness of information security requirements and their applications