The Effect of Computer Use in Science and Technology Lesson on Success and Attitude Towards (Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION In this century information is now with us with electronic devices. It is a known fact that recent developments in communications and information technology have increased use of the Internet. The number of computer users with internet access has started to increase. According to 2008 statistics, the number of users with internet access is 1,966,514,816 and the ratio of this number to world population is 28.7 % the number of users in Turkey is 35,000,000; the ratio of this number to population is 45.0% Internet World Stats. This information shows us that the ratio of people with internet access is higher than world average. Accordingly, the amount of computer use in various areas increased. Education is one of these areas. The teacher should choose and implement programs suitable for developmental characteristics of children in his/her classroom and s/he should use the computer to encourage and reinforce all developmental areas of children (Haugland, 2000).