The Predicting Power Of Digital Reading Attitudes Of Primary School Teacher Candidates’ Digital Reading Attitudes On Their Digital Literacy

In this study, it was is aimed to examine the predictive power of primary school teacher candidates’ digital reading attitudes on their digital literacy. The relational survey model was used inthe study. Data were collected from 207 pre-service primary school teachers during the 2022-2023 academic year using a personal informational form, a digital reading attitude scale, and a digital literacy scale, which were administered through a simple random sampling method by applying personal informational form, attitude towards digital reading scale and digital literacy scale to 207 preservice primary school teachers who were reached by simple random method in the 2022-2023 academic year. Whether there was is a significant difference between the digital reading attitudes and digital literacies of pre- service primary school teacher and various variables (gender, grade level, number of digital devices owned, Daily internet usage time) was analyzed by t-test and Anova analysis,; the relationship between digital reading attitudes and digital literacies was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis. And finally,; assessment the extent to which digital reading attitudes predict digital literacy the prediction of digital reading attitudes on digital literacies was analyzed by multiple regression analysis. At the end of the research, it was concluded that the digital reading attitudes of pre-service primary school teachers did not differ significantly in the variables of grade level and daily internet usage time; however there was a significant difference in gender and the number of digital devices owned. In addition, it was concluded that the digital literacy of pre-service primary school teachers did not differ significantly in gender, grade level and Daily internet usage time variables; however, it was concluded that it differed significantly in the number of digital devices owned. There is a positive correlation between primary school teacher candidates’ digital reading attitudes and digital literacy. Furthermore, the study found that digital reading attitudes signicantly predict digital literacy. In this context, it can be inferred that an increase in digital reading attitudes may contribute to digital literacy development.