A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS ATTITUDES TOWARDS ICT USE IN

TEACHING AND LEARNING BIOLOGY

Instructions: Please tick or fill in where necessary. For the purpose of this questionnaire
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is define as a range of technologies for
gathering, storing, retrieving, processing, analyzing, and transmitting information like computers,
projectors, internet, e.t.c.

SECTION A: Background Information

1. Name of school
2. Type of school residence: Day  Boarding 
3. What is your sex? Male  Female 
4. What is your age?
 13-15
 15-17
 17-19
 Over 19

SECTION B: Availability of ICT resources and levels of ICT use in teaching and learning
Biology
5. Does your school offer any ICT resources?
Yes  No 
6. Does your school have a Computer laboratory connected to the internet?
Yes  No  I don’t know 
7. What are some of the different ICT resources offered by your school?
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8. Where do you access ICT resources at your schools?
Class  Computer lab  Library  Internet Café 
If other indicate___________________________________________________________
9. Does your biology teacher use ICT resources during teaching?
Always  Sometimes  Never 
10. Do you use the internet to access information concerning your Biology subject?
Always  Sometimes  Never 
11. How often do you use the internet?
 Daily  Twice a week  Weekly  Monthly  Never 
12. What mainly do you use the internet for?
Chat  Study  Surf  Look for Biology notes  other (indicate) ________________

SECTION C: Attitudes of students towards ICT use in teaching and learning Biology

Instructions: Under this section, use the codes given by writing a letter of your choice against the
question. The codes are given below.
strongly disagree = 1 Disagree = 2 Undecided = 3 Disagree = 4 strongly disagree = 5

13. Does Internet use have an impact on your learning of Biology?

14. Do you like your teacher to use ICT during the teaching of Biology?
15. The way your teacher uses ICT during the teaching of Biology is Satisfactory?
16. Computers scare me off
17. ICT is better off than the library.
18. I know how to use ICT but not interested in using it to learn Biology.
19. I have got other info sources better than ICT.
20. I cannot study biology without ICT
21. I wish ICT could not be used in the teaching of Biology
22. I find it time consuming to use ICT in learning Biology
23. It interferes with my preparation time for exams
24. I get distracted by ICT in the teaching and learning of Biology
25. I cannot learn Biology with ICT alone (I need help from teacher)
26. ICT is very helpful in Biology group studies.

SECTION C: (Problems facing students in use of ICT in learning Biology.

27. Are the computers available in your school enough for all students in your classroom?
Yes  No 
28. Is your teacher very competent in using ICT resources during the teaching of Biology?
Yes  No 
29. What are some of the problems facing you in the use of ICT during the learning of
Biology?
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