Date

12-2008

Department

School of Education

Degree

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Chair

Glenn R. Holzman

Primary Subject Area

Education, General; Education, Technology

Keywords

Christian, education, school, size, technologies, utilization

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of school size, as defined by student enrollment and by total school budget, on the utilization of educational technologies. The focus group for this investigation was Christian schools that were further delineated by three criteria: (a) membership, (b) scope of program, and (c) geographic location. Membership was schools that were members of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). Scope of program was schools with comprehensive programs. Geographic location was schools in two ACSI regions. The survey instrument covered 23 categorical questions, several of which contained sub-questions. Survey data including the categorical questions and sub-questions provided a total of 36 data fields. Five data fields provided demographic information, and 31 data fields provided utilization of educational technologies information. Data from a total of 154 schools were considered in the final analysis. The study did not support the null hypotheses for this research since the analysis of the data found a significant correlation between school size (total enrollment and total school budget) and a school's utilization of educational technologies within a number of the data fields.

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