Original scientific paper
APPLYING THE THEORY OF REASONED ACTION IN THE ANALYSIS OF INTERNET USAGE AMONG THE STUDENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
Joško Sindik
; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The main objective of the study was to design a questionnaires that cover aspects of using the Internet at students for educational purposes: attitudes, subjective norms, perceived control, the desire to change the behavior and insight into the current use of the Internet. A convenient sample of 32 female and 23 male students from six Croatian cities is examined. All five questionnaires showed medium to high satisfactory reliability. In analyzing the differences, it is showed that male students achieve significantly higher scores in perceived control during using the internet, compared to female students . Students from Biograd achieved the highest average score in current internet use for the purposes of learning, while the lowest means are found in Zagreb. No differences in the aspects of using the Internet are found in relation to students': age group, year of study, or to the environment of the students come from. Variable Using the internet now for the purposes of learning can be significantly good forecasted, based on two predictors: Subjective norm of using the internet and Wish to change the behavior in the use of the Internet.
Keywords
Internet; component analysis; reliability; appropriateness
Hrčak ID:
127959
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Publication date:
30.9.2014.
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