Open AccessIsraeli Primary School Teachers' Attitudes towards Using Digital Educational Games in Classroom: Empirical Study
Author(s) -
Fathi Shamma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
türk bilgisayar ve matematik eğitimi dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 1309-4653
DOI - 10.17762/turcomat.v12i2.2388
Subject(s) - nonprobability sampling , sample (material) , mathematics education , school teachers , psychology , pedagogy , sociology , population , chemistry , demography , chromatography
This study investigated the Israeli primary school teachers' attitudes towards using digital educational games in classroom. Through adopting a descriptive analytical approach, the required made sure that the goals of this research. The researcher employed the purposive sampling method for selecting a sample. The selected sample consists from 300female and male primaryIsraeli primary school teachers. Those teachers were selected from 25 primary schools. Those schools are located in the Northern District in Israel. Questionnaire forms were distributed via email to the selected teachers. 288 forms were retrieved. The response rate is 96%. Through the use of the SPSS software, the data collected from the sampled teaches were analysed. The researcher concluded that Israeli primary school teachers show positive attitudes towards using digital educational games in classroom. Such use improves students’ leadership, problem solving and critical thinking skills and raise their self-confidence and academic achievement levels. However, it doesn’t allow instructors to identify the extent of progress achieved by learner. The researcher recommends providing teachers in Israel with professional development courses about modern teaching methods and the significance of employing digital educational games.