Research of the effect of computer assisted instructional material developed on informatics ethics on unethical computer use levels of secondary education students

In this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of computer-assisted teaching material developed on informatics ethics on unethical computer use behaviors of students in the field of information technology at secondary education level. As the study group, 31 information technology students studying at secondary education level in the province of Elazig were determined. The students were seperated three group I.experimental group, II.experimental group and the control group by using random sampling medhod. After making a pre-testing all student groups, I. and II. Experimental group students were trained with the expository teaching approach about the subject. II.experimental group students were applied to developed computer aided teaching material, as simultaneously with the trainings, throughout 6 (six) weeks. The control group students were applied only pre-test and post-test. In the study, the experimental model, which is one of the quantitative research methods and sample and controlled pre-test and post-test model which is data collections were selected. The Unethical Computer Use Scale was used as a data collection tool developed by Namlu and Odabaşı (2007). As a result of the research, it was seen that the distribution of the data obtained showed normality according to the test result and the variances were distributed homogeneously. In the method of examining the findings, Kruskal - Wallis H and Mann - Whitney U tests, which are non-parametric tests, were used to avoid deviations in the results due to the small number of sample groups. Pairwise comparison of the groups was made with the Mann - Whitney U test in order to determine which group the difference was in countenance of obtained findings. It was concluded that the computer-assisted instructional material developed within the scope of the research provided a decrease in the unethical computer use levels of the students.