Appropriate Thai High School Student Internet Behaviour: A Hierarchical Linear Model Analysis

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  • Punnee Leekitchwatana Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Paitoon Pimdee Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v12i10.7366

Keywords:

behaviour, Internet use behaviour, learning management system (LMS), smart classrooms, Thailand

Abstract


The research used a hierarchical linear model to develop a model to study the variables of appropriate Internet use of 2,400 Thai high school students from 48 high schools. Furthermore, the groups were divided into one group of 1,200 students in science related programs, while the second group of 1,200 students were in a non-science related program. The data collection instrument was a reliability questionnaire which was determined to range between 0.75-0.97. Data were analysed using statistical averages, standard deviation, and analysis of hierarchical linear models (HLM). The research found that Thai high school students have appropriate Internet use behaviour at a very appropriate level, while the HLM of appropriate Internet use behaviour of students contained two predictive variables at both the student level and school level. These included the four student predictive variables of ability, characteristic, family, and student grade point average (GPA). At the school level in the HLM, there were two predictor variables including friends and schools, which had a direct influence and an indirect influence, respectively. There were also six capacity variables having both positive influence and statistical significance.

Author Biographies

Punnee Leekitchwatana, Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand.

Punnee Leekitchwatana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Education at the King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand. She graduated with a B.Ed. and M.Ed. in science education and has a Ph.D. in research and curriculum development. She specializes in education research, science education, curriculum development and measurement / evaluation education.

Paitoon Pimdee, Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand.

Paitoon Pimdee is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology at the King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand. He also serves has the faculty head of the PhD program and head of the Department of Industrial Education. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in science education. He also holds a Ph.D. in environmental education and behavioral sciences and specializes in environmental issues, energy conservation, and educational research.

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Published

2017-11-02

How to Cite

Leekitchwatana, P., & Pimdee, P. (2017). Appropriate Thai High School Student Internet Behaviour: A Hierarchical Linear Model Analysis. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 12(10), pp. 158–172. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v12i10.7366

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