Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate whether primary school teachers' attitudes towards computer and internet change with gender, experience, college type, computer and internet access. Also, the aim of this study is to find out whether computer attitude predicts internet attitude or not. The sample includes 208 primary school teachers from Kars province center. Computer Attitude Scale (CAS-M) provides an alpha of .92, Internet Attitude Scale (IAS) provides an alpha of .73, and questionnaire for personal information used to collect data. No change is for teaching experiences and college type in primary school teachers' CAS-M and IAS scores. The data reveal significant difference in computer and internet access for CAS-M scores whereas no evidence is found to differentiate IAS scores. There is a meaningful difference between CAS-M scores according to gender but for IAS score is not any meaningful differences. The computer attitude scores are capable of predicting the internet attitude scores.

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