A national study to determine the characteristics of technological literacy for high school graduates

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dc.contributor.authorCroft, Vaughn E.en
dc.contributor.committeechairDugger, William E. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFinch, Curtis R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMadigan, Robert M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberParks, David J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPinder, Charles A.en
dc.contributor.departmentEducationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:09:11Zen
dc.date.adate2004-02-03en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:09:11Zen
dc.date.issued1989-08-05en
dc.date.rdate2004-02-03en
dc.date.sdate2004-02-03en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of technological literacy for high school graduates. A panel of experts in technological literacy was used to formulate the list of characteristics and make judgments on each. The design of the study was the Delphi Method, using the Q-Sort Technique, with the Thurstone and Chave Method of Equal Appearing Intervals. Using the Method of Equal Appearing Intervals, median scores and Q-Values were calculated for each characteristic. The 80th percentile was used to determine when a characteristic reached consensus. A panel of experts was chosen from among seven groups: (a) philosophers of education, (b) technology educators, (c) engineering educators, (d) scientists, (e) science educators, (f) classroom teachers, and (g) business and education support. The results of the study provide a clearer focus on what is meant by technological literacy. This study identified a list of 24 consensus items to be used as minimum characteristics of technological literacy for high school graduates.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.extentviii, 225 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-02032004-161627en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02032004-161627/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37295en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartCroft,V.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 22255400en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectengineering educationsen
dc.subjectexpert panelen
dc.subjectDelphi studyen
dc.subjecthigh schoolen
dc.subjectclassroom teachersen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1989.C764en
dc.subject.lcshLiteracy -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshTechnical education -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshVocational education -- United Statesen
dc.titleA national study to determine the characteristics of technological literacy for high school graduatesen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEducationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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