Share Paper: The Effects of Preservice Teachers’ Internet Addiction and Attitude Towards Learning on Cyberloafing Behaviors

  1. Burak Tozkoparan, Anadolu University, Turkey
  2. Harun Yilmaz, North American University, United States
Thursday, October 18 12:10-12:30 PM Jubilee Ballroom 2

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to determine the effects of preservice teachers’ internet addiction and attitude towards learning on cyberloafing behaviors. The target population of this research consists of 937 female, 280 male, 1217 preservice teachers in Mevlana (Rumi) University Faculty of Education in Turkey in 2015-2016 academic year. The study group consists of 539 female and 183 male, 722 preservice teachers in total. For data collection, Personal Information Form, Cyberloafing Activities Scale, Internet Addiction Scale and Attitude Towards Learning Scale have been used. According to the results, internet addiction has positive and significant effect on cyberloafing behaviors. Besides, ...