Investigation of the Effectiveness of Personalized Book Advice SmartApplication on Secondary School Students’ Reading Motivation    
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Ahmet Kurnaz
Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Süleyman Arslantaş
Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Tuğba PÜRSÜN Kilis 7 Aralık Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı International Journal of Educational Methodology
Dergi ISSN 2469-9632 Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Art Index (Art Research Database, EBSCO)
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 08-2020
Cilt No 6
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 587 / 602
DOI Numarası 10.12973/ijem.6.3.587
Makale Linki https://www.ijem.com/
Özet
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Personalized Book Advice Smart Application on secondary school students’ motivation as well as determining the views of students, teachers, and parents regarding the application. In the research, a mixed method approach, in which quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis methods are used together, was adopted. In the quantitative part, 585 secondary school students, 300 of whom are in the experimental group and 285 in the control group; In the qualitative part, 105 students, 6 teachers and 247 families were included in the research. Similarly, the qualitative of the study involved 105 students, 6 teachers, and 247 parents. In the quantitative part of the research, data collected with the Reading Motivation Scale developed by Durmus. In the qualitative part, the data were collected through a questionnaire. The quantitative data were analyzed using parametric descriptive statistics, while the qualitative data were analyzed using descriptive analysis technique. According to the findings obtained from the research, there is a significant difference in reading motivation of secondary school students in terms of post-test scores. It is seen that the students like to read adventure books and think that the books proposed by the application are suitable for their interests. Teachers state that they find the application successful, and they like that the application forms reading habits, and recommends books according to their interests, moreover, the recommended books are suitable for the students’ levels. On the other hand, the teachers think that teacher control is necessary. Additionally, parents state that they like the application because it recommends books according to the children’s interests and those recommended books were suitable for their levels, however, they added that the number of the books needs to be increased.
Anahtar Kelimeler
KOP-KITApp application | Reading motivation | secondary school students