Research Article
South Korean Teachers’ Perceptions of Integrating Information and Communication Technologies into Literacy Instruction
Table 2
Means and standard deviations of reported frequency and importance of using ICTs in instructional activities.
| | Instructional activity using ICTs |
Reported frequency M (SD) |
Perception of importance M (SD) |
Difference between M frequency and M importance | | South Korea | USA | | South Korea | USA | | South Korea | USA |
| | Searching for information online (without specific search strategies) | 2.02 (1.04) | 1.56 (1.10) | 4.70** | 2.52 (0.74) | 2.43 (0.85) | 1.20 | –0.50 | –0.87 | | Locating information online | 1.99 (1.04) | 1.57 (1.07) | 4.40** | 2.59 (0.71) | 2.45 (0.83) | 1.91 | –0.60 | –0.88 | | Using reference sites online | 1.96 (1.09) | 1.46 (1.09) | 5.13** | 2.55 (0.73) | 2.28 (0.92) | 3.34** | –0.59 | –0.82 | | Gathering pictures online | 1.81 (1.19) | 1.25 (0.99) | 6.21** | 2.36 (0.86) | 1.79 (0.92) | 6.97** | –0.55 | –0.54 | | Synthesizing information online | 1.61 (1.17) | 0.96 (1.02) | 7.03** | 2.59 (0.68) | 2.14 (1.03) | 5.01** | –0.98 | –1.18 | | Reading a story online | 1.41 (1.12) | 1.15 (1.10) | 2.64** | 2.19 (0.89) | 2.06 (0.88) | 1.65 | –0.78 | –0.91 | | Creating a multimedia presentation | 1.37 (1.18) | 1.13 (1.09) | 2.44* | 2.19 (0.87) | 2.08 (1.02) | 1.22 | –0.82 | –0.95 | | Creating a Word document | 1.33 (1.12) | 1.69 (1.22) | –3.32** | 1.89 (0.94) | 2.36 (0.89) | –5.88** | –0.56 | –0.67 | | Formulating questions to research online | 1.30 (1.10) | 0.91 (0.99) | 4.36** | 2.26 (0.79) | 2.08 (1.01) | 2.03* | –0.96 | –1.17 | | Evaluating information online | 1.25 (1.08) | 1.03 (1.04) | 2.36* | 2.47 (0.79) | 2.24 (0.99) | 2.64** | –1.22 | –1.21 | | Searching for information online (with specific search strategies) | 1.20 (1.09) | 1.19 (1.07) | 0.10 | 2.30 (0.73) | 2.32 (0.95) | –0.23 | –1.10 | –1.13 | | Publishing information on a website | 0.86 (0.95) | 0.32 (0.70) | 8.33** | 2.12 (0.88) | 1.29 (1.05) | 8.96** | –1.26 | –0.97 | | Sending email | 0.82 (0.96) | 0.47 (0.88) | 4.41** | 1.64 (0.89) | 1.28 (1.07) | 3.81** | –0.82 | –0.81 | | Publishing information on a wiki or blog | 0.76 (0.92) | 0.26 (0.66) | 8.15** | 2.10 (0.87) | 1.18 (1.06) | 9.84** | –1.34 | –0.93 | | Playing educational games online | 0.72 (0.94) | 1.37 (1.05) | –6.98** | 1.19 (0.95) | 1.38 (1.05) | –2.04* | –0.47 | –0.01 | | Communicating using Instant Messenger (IM) or other chat tools | 0.61 (0.90) | 0.17 (0.56) | 8.24** | 1.47 (0.93) | 0.80 (0.94) | 7.98** | –0.85 | –0.63 | | Collaborating online with students from other classes | 0.53 (0.90) | 0.24 (0.59) | 5.21** | 1.85 (0.93) | 1.63 (1.02) | 2.43* | –1.32 | –1.39 | | Playing educational games on CD-ROM | 0.49 (0.83) | 1.07 (1.05) | –6.28** | 1.05 (0.90) | 1.61 (0.94) | –6.68** | –0.56 | –0.54 |
| | Grand mean | 1.22 | 0.99 | | 2.07 | 1.85 | | –0.85 | –0.87 |
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