Use of technology in learning and teaching mathematics using information technology literacy and skills

Abstract

The study focuses on Information Technology (IT) literacy or skills as influencing teachers and students in one of the secondary schools in Terengganu using technology in teaching and learning mathematics. The independent variables to be assessed in this study are information literacy or skills, and the dependent variable is the use of technology in teaching and learning mathematics by using data collection instruments through online questionnaires. The researchers received 40 responses. The quantitative method involved in this study focused on 40 respondents, including 14 teachers and 26 students from One of the secondary schools in Terengganu. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The current study used Cronbach’s alpha to test the reliability of data results. Hence, Cronbach’s Alpha for the independent variable, information technology literacy or skills (0.779), and the dependent variable (0.845). This shows that the results of the data are reliable. The variables, namely the use of technology and learning mathematics, are positively correlated to the use of technology in teaching and learning mathematics.

Keywords

• technology
• literacy skills
• learning
• teaching
• mathematics