DOES DIGITAL LITERACY HAVE A ROLE IN PREDICTION OF ACADEMIC CONTROL FOCUS?

Authors : Alptuğ Soyer, Nuri Berk Güngör, Fikret Soyer

Pages : 132-144

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Publication Date : 2024-08-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of the research is to determine the effect of the digital literacy level of the individuals studying at the Faculty of Sport Sciences on the academic locus of control. The study group of the research consisted of 115 (40.9%) female and 166 (59.1%) male participants who are studying at the Faculty of Sports Sciences of a public university. As a data collection tool; In addition to the personal information form, the Digital Literacy Scale developed by Ng (2012) and adapted into Turkish by Üstündağ, Güneş ve Bahçıvan (2017) and the Academic Locus of Control Scale developed by Akın (2007) were used. In the process of data analysis; descriptive statistics, T-test, One Way Anova, Pearson Correlation and Regression analysis were used. When the research findings are examined, it can be stated that the digital literacy and academic locus of control levels of the participants are at average level. It was determined that the participants\' digital literacy and academic locus of control did not differ statistically according to gender and class level. In addition, it was concluded that digital literacy predicted the external locus of control by 21.4%. From this point of view, it is thought that the digital literacy feature can contribute to the development of academic locus of control.
Keywords : Dijital okuryazarlık, akademik odaklanma, spor

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