A QUESTIO NNAIRE FOR STUDEN

TS ATTITU DES TOWAR

DS ICT USE IN TEACHI NG AND LEARNI

NG BIOLOG Y Instructio ns: Please

tick or fill in where necessary. For the purpose

of this questionn aire Informati on and

Communi cation Technolo gy (ICT) is define

as a range of technolog ies for gathering,

storing, retrieving, processin g, analyzing,

and transmitti ng informati on like

computers , projectors , internet, e.t.c.

SECTION A: Backgrou nd

Informatio n 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:

Availabilit y 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 dont know 7. What are some of the

different ICT resources offered by

your school? ________ ________ ________

________ ________ ________ ________

________ _______ _ 8. Where do you

access ICT resources at your schools?

Class Computer lab Library

Internet Caf If other indicate__ ________

________ ________ ________ ________ ________

________ _ 9. Does your biology

teacher use ICT resources during teaching?

Always Sometime s Never

10. Do you use the internet to access

informati on concernin g your

Biology subject? Always

Sometime s Never

11. often you

How do 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 Instructio ns: 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

Undecide d=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

Satisfacto ry? 16. Computer s 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 consumin g to use ICT in learning

Biology 23. It interferes with my preparatio

n 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 ? Ye s No

28. Is your teacher very competent

in using ICT resources during the teaching

of Biology? Ye s No

29. What are some of the problems facing

you in the use of ICT during the learning

of Biology?