An instrument to determine the technological literacy levels of upper secondary school students

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dc.contributor.authorLuckay, Melanie B
dc.contributor.authorCollier-Reed, Brandon I
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-18T08:04:33Z
dc.date.available2014-08-18T08:04:33Z
dc.date.issued2014-08
dc.descriptionThe final publication is available at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10798-013-9259-3.
dc.description.abstractIn this article, an instrument for assessing upper secondary school students' levels of technological literacy is presented. The items making up the instrument emerged from a previous study that employed a phenomenographic research approach to explore students' conceptions of technology in terms of their understanding of the nature of technology and their interaction with technological artefacts. The instrument was validated through administration to 1,245 students on completion of their 12 years of formal schooling. A factor analysis was conducted on the data and Cronbach alpha reliability co-efficients determined. The results show that a five-dimension factor structure (namely, artefact, process, direction/instruction, tinkering, and engagement) strongly supported the dimensions as developed during the original phenomenographic study. The Cronbach alpha reliability co-efficient of each dimension was satisfactory. Based on these findings, the instrument has been shown to be valid and reliable and can be used with confidence.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLuckay, M. B., & Collier-Reed, B. I. (2014). An instrument to determine the technological literacy levels of upper secondary school students. <i>International Journal of Technology & Design Education</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6589en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLuckay, Melanie B, and Brandon I Collier-Reed "An instrument to determine the technological literacy levels of upper secondary school students." <i>International Journal of Technology & Design Education</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6589en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLuckay, M. B., & Collier-Reed, B. I. (2014). An instrument to determine the technological literacy levels of upper secondary school students. International Journal of Technology & Design Education, 24(3), 261-273. doi: 10.1007/s10798-013-9259-3en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0957-7572en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Luckay, Melanie B AU - Collier-Reed, Brandon I AB - In this article, an instrument for assessing upper secondary school students' levels of technological literacy is presented. The items making up the instrument emerged from a previous study that employed a phenomenographic research approach to explore students' conceptions of technology in terms of their understanding of the nature of technology and their interaction with technological artefacts. The instrument was validated through administration to 1,245 students on completion of their 12 years of formal schooling. A factor analysis was conducted on the data and Cronbach alpha reliability co-efficients determined. The results show that a five-dimension factor structure (namely, artefact, process, direction/instruction, tinkering, and engagement) strongly supported the dimensions as developed during the original phenomenographic study. The Cronbach alpha reliability co-efficient of each dimension was satisfactory. Based on these findings, the instrument has been shown to be valid and reliable and can be used with confidence. DA - 2014-08 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - International Journal of Technology & Design Education LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 SM - 0957-7572 T1 - An instrument to determine the technological literacy levels of upper secondary school students TI - An instrument to determine the technological literacy levels of upper secondary school students UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6589 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6589
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLuckay MB, Collier-Reed BI. An instrument to determine the technological literacy levels of upper secondary school students. International Journal of Technology & Design Education. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6589.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherSpringer Science & Business Media B.V.en_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)*
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dc.sourceInternational Journal of Technology & Design Educationen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10798-013-9259-3
dc.titleAn instrument to determine the technological literacy levels of upper secondary school studentsen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsTechnological literacyen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsPhenomenographyen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsSurvey instrumenten_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsNature of technologyen_ZA
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uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
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