The relationship between the teacher candidates’ computer and internet based anxiety and perceived self-efficacy

Abstract

This research that aims to define how much computer anxiety, internet anxiety, computer perceived self-efficacy and internet perceived self efficacy predicts each other was held by using 590 candidate teachers. In the research, computer anxiety scale (alpha=0,84) computer perceived self efficacy scale (Alpha=0.97) Internet anxiety scale (Alpha=0.90) and internet perceived safe efficacy scale (Alpha=0.939) were used. As a result of the survey, it is found out that there is a positive and high level relationship between computer perceived self efficacy and internet perceived self efficacy, and thus analyzing the other variables, it is clear that the correlation between the variables is calculated as (r=0.845) It has been concluded that computer anxiety, together with internet anxiety and computer perceived self efficacy anxiety variables explain approximately 0.72% of internet s perceived self-efficacy variance. When analyzing the t-test results that are about the regression numbers, it has been seen that computer perceived self-efficacy and computer anxiety are important factors on computer perceived self efficacy. It has also been found out that there is appositive and medium level relationship between computer anxiety and internet anxiety, and analysing the other variables, it has been seen that the correlation between the two variables is calculated as (r=0.36). Also, it has been concluded that computer anxiety, computer perceived self efficacy, and internet perceived self efficacy jointly explain approximately 0.21% of internet self efficacy variance. When analyzing the - test results on regression, it has been found out that only computer anxiety is an important predictor on internet anxiety.