I will administer a closed-ended survey to teacher participants at Bethel Middle School. The survey I will administer to faculty is the Teacher Technology Questionnaire (Lowther & Ross, 2000; Sterbinsky & Burke, 2004). The Teacher Technology Questionnaire (TTQ) is designed to gather teacher perceptions on computers and technology. The first part of the TTQ asks teachers to rate their level of agreement with 20 statements coinciding with five areas related to technology: (1) impact on classroom instruction, (2) impact on students, (3) teacher readiness to integrate technology, (4) support for technology in the school, and (5) technical support. Items are rated with a five-point Likert-type scale ranging from (1) Strongly Disagree to (5) Strongly
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Next, they are asked to indicate if they have a home computer and how they use it in regards to their professional practice. Demographic information will also be collected through the survey. Teachers will be asked to select from a range of years the number of years they have been teaching. In addition, they will be asked to declare the discipline area in which they teach.
This TTQ has been validated (Lowther & Ross, 2000; Sterbinsky & Burke, 2004) and used in research and evaluation (Corbeil & Valdes-Corbeil, 2007; Grant et al., 2005; Lowther et al., 2008). The TTQ was also tested for reliability through a trial incorporating 4,863 teacher participants. These participants had completed the questionnaire beforehand as a part of a Center for Research in Educational Policy research project. Reliability coefficients for each subscale of the instrument were verified to be high, ranging from .75 to .89 (Inan & Lowther, 2009).
I will administer the survey electronically. I plan to use a Google Form to administer the TTQ. Creswell (2015) indicated the advantages and disadvantages of web-based surveys noting the ease in collecting sizeable data quickly. Sills and Song (2002) indicate some shortcomings to include technology malfunctions as well as bias toward demographic groups that more frequently utilize
Next, they are asked to indicate if they have a home computer and how they use it in regards to their professional practice. Demographic information will also be collected through the survey. Teachers will be asked to select from a range of years the number of years they have been teaching. In addition, they will be asked to declare the discipline area in which they teach.
This TTQ has been validated (Lowther & Ross, 2000; Sterbinsky & Burke, 2004) and used in research and evaluation (Corbeil & Valdes-Corbeil, 2007; Grant et al., 2005; Lowther et al., 2008). The TTQ was also tested for reliability through a trial incorporating 4,863 teacher participants. These participants had completed the questionnaire beforehand as a part of a Center for Research in Educational Policy research project. Reliability coefficients for each subscale of the instrument were verified to be high, ranging from .75 to .89 (Inan & Lowther, 2009).
I will administer the survey electronically. I plan to use a Google Form to administer the TTQ. Creswell (2015) indicated the advantages and disadvantages of web-based surveys noting the ease in collecting sizeable data quickly. Sills and Song (2002) indicate some shortcomings to include technology malfunctions as well as bias toward demographic groups that more frequently utilize