Interactive whiteboard in motivation of pupils of primary school

Abstract

In our report we want to present the results of a survey focusing on the use of interactive whiteboard technology in the subject called technology at primary schools to increase students' motivation in teaching technical subjects. Technology is a very specific subject in primary schools, because it combines the teaching of theoretical information and practical skill practicing. The research was to find out or check whether pupils of experimental groups who were using an interactive whiteboard during teaching, will be more motivated to learn than students of the controlling groups. We used Kozéki's questionnaire to detect pupils' motivation to motivate students to learn. We found out that in the experimental group the motivation in the affective field (extrinsic motivation) is positive and predominant. This is demonstrably more powerful than the motivation of the control group, which belongs to the field of the cognitive effects, also with positive character. The research results are useful in the planning of teaching in terms of allocating the interactive whiteboard into the teaching process.