JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership/ M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
EDUC 5324 Integrating Technology into Education

Name:_Ayazhan Kaisenova Date: 28.10.2023

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Principals’ Perceptions of the Importance of Technology in Schools
Hersh C. Waxman
Texas A&M University, United States
Anna Witt Boriack
Texas A&M University, United States
Yuan-Hsuan Lee
National Chiao Tung University,Taiwan
Angus MacNeil
University of Houston, United State
INTRODUCTION

Research Questions (if research questions are not specifically mentioned, what is
the theoretical background or overarching theme):
How school principals use technology. In which area principals can use technology to
improve student academic performance or principle work(work with staff)

Purpose of the research: the purpose of this research is the importance of technology
use for school principals and the effect of experience and gender on it

METHODOLOGY

What is the methodology for the research or approach used to understand the
issue?Provide information regarding the following:
Participants:
310 principals from a large metropolitan area in the southwest region of the United
States. The sample consisted of 126 males and 184 females. A range of years of
experience was present with 104 participants having 0-3 years of experience, 82
participants having 4-7 years, 55 participants having 8-11 years, 32 participants having
12-15 years, and 31 participants having greater than 15 years of experience.
Procedures:
The questionnaire was administered by graduate students in the Educational Leadership
program at a major, urban doctoral-granting university located in the south central region
of the U.S The questionnaire was included both qualitative and quantitative questions.
For this study, only the data from the interviews was used. The interview questions were
“Has technology had an impact in your school?" and "If so, in what specific ways has it
made a difference?
Data Collection Methods/Data Source:
The method interview was used

Data Analysis:
Analysis of the interview data began with a process of data reduction. The data was then
coded into meaningful categories. Once the categories were established, another
researcher independently coded a 10% sample of responses to determine the consistency