Teachers and Students Views on the use of IWBs in Secondary Schools for Enhancing Classroom Teaching and Learning

This study was on teachers and students’ views on the use of Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) for enhancing classroom teaching and learning in the secondary schools’ teachers and students in 6th grades. The study includes 392 sixth grade students in 14 primary schools and 142 teachers (sciences, mathematics and English) teaching sixth grades in primary schools from different classes in the city of Istanbul. Quantitative research method design was conducted as well as survey method. The questionnaire administered to teachers and students involved 19 closed questions (Yes/No) and 23 Likert-type questionnaire were used to collect data on the IWB use for classrooms teaching and learning. Mean score of 19 closed items were 73.65. Of 23 items, mean scores of 3,6 items were higher than 3.00 and only two items were lower than 3.00. Reliability for Likert-type items is excellent (0.91). The results of the study show that IWB use contributes to teaching and learning.