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Date: 9/5/2015
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Purpose of the research: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships
among technological leadership of principals and the technological literacy and teaching
effectiveness of elementary school teachers.
METHODOLOGY
What is the methodology for the research or approach used to understand the
issue? Provide information regarding the following:
Participants: The target population consisted of 1,000 teachers randomly selected from
100 elementary schools within the following six metropolitan cities in Taiwan: Keelung
City, Taipei City, Hsinchu City, Taichung City, Tainan City, and Kaohsiung City.
Procedures: Randomly sent to the Director of Academic Affairs Division of each
elementary school. Then, the Director randomly selected the teachers based on the cover
letter sent to the school.
Data Collection Methods/Data Source: The survey was randomly sent to the
Director of Academic Affairs Division of each elementary school. Then, the Director
randomly selected the teachers based on the cover letter sent to the school. The survey
asked teachers to evaluate the principals role in leading and facilitating technology use,
teachers technological literacy and teaching effectiveness in their schools. The
respondents in this study were teachers (i.e., tenured teachers, mentor teachers, teachers
serving as administrators and directors) reporting to their principals. To encourage the
return rate, follow up thank you postcards and personal contacts were made until a
satisfactory percentage of participants completed the questionnaire.
Data Analysis: This research empirically investigated the relationships among
principals technological leadership, teachers technological literacy, and teaching
effectiveness and tested the structural equation model (SEM). SPSS was used to calculate
scale reliabilities (the Cronbachs alpha) and to perform factor analyses. The final SEM
model was done with LISREL.
RESULTS
Findings or Results (or main points of the article): SEM lets researchers