Adolescents have been called the “digital natives of the technology age”, but determining adolescents’ awareness, attitudes and behavior with respect to technology addiction (TA) is important for developing balanced and effective approaches to support their physical and psychological well-being after the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the present study investigates the impact of attitudes on TA behavior in 382 adolescents by gender and extent of technology use. Three scales were used to determine adolescents’ TA awareness, attitude, and behavior. The results of the dual-moderated mediation model show that gender and duration of technology use (h) moderated the full mediation of attitude on awareness and behavior in TA ( F = 39.29, df = 9;372, p < .01). The indirect effect in males with 16.04 h per day of technology use is stronger (.24) than the indirect effect in males with 4.90 h per day of technology use (.13). In addition, the simple slope plot shows that when attitude scores increase, addictive behavior rises in females (simple slope = .74, t = 8.79, p < .01). On the other hand, with 16.04 h per day of technology use, when attitude scores decrease, addictive behavior rises in females (simple slope = .69, t = 7.59, p < .01). Furthermore, when the attitude scores increase, addictive behavior rises in males (simple slope = .85, t = 13.26, p < .01). As a result, the psychoeducational intervention programs to be implemented for TA should not only focus on awareness, but should also encompass behavioral, cognitive and lifestyle changes.

Öz: Bu çalışmanın amacı ortaokullarda Bilişim Teknolojileri ve Yazılım dersinin nasıl işlendiğini irdelemek ve bu derste yaşanan problemleri belirlemek olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Türkiye'nin 31 farklı ilinde ortaokullarda görev yapan 50 bilişim teknolojileri öğretmeninden 2015-2016 yılının güz döneminde veri toplanmıştır. Karma araştırma yöntemi ile desenlenen bu araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen "demografik bilgi anketi" ve "bilişim teknolojileri dersi işlenişi anketi" ve "bilişim teknolojileri dersinin işleyişinde karşılaşılan engeller ve öneriler" adlı yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre öğretmenlerin en çok anlatma ile gösterip yaptırma yöntemlerini kullandığı anlaşılmaktadır. Bununla birlikte dersin işlenmesinde birçok bileşenin yoksunluğunun yaşanması nedeniyle çeşitli engellerle karşılaşıldığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.Anahtar Kelimeler: bilişim teknolojileri dersi, bilişim teknolojileri sınıfı, bilişim teknolojileri dersi işlenişi, K-12, öğretmenler. Processing, Problems and Solution Suggestions of Information Technologies and Software Course in Middle Schools: Teacher OpinionsAbstract: It was determined that the purpose of this study was to examine how the Computing Technologies and Software course was taught in middle schools, and to identify the problems that existed in this course. For this purpose, the data was collected from 50 information technology teachers in secondary schools in 31 different provinces of Turkey during the fall semester of 2015-2016. The study was organized with mixed research method developed by the researchers to collect data "demographic questionnaire", "processing of information technologies in the course of the survey" and "semi-structured form of the obstacles and suggestions in the handling of the information technology course" were used. According to the results of the research, it is understood that teachers mostly use metdod of explaining and demonstration method. However, in the processing of the course, many obstacles have been encountered because of the lack of many components.

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