The Relationship between Ardebil Teacher Researchers' Information Literacy and Time Management and their Research Anxiety

The present study aims to investigate the relationship between time management and information literacy and anxiety of research in teacher researchers of Ardabil. In this descriptive/ correlational study, the statistical population included 344 teacher researchers of Ardabil in academic years of 93-94, out of which 181 persons were selected as the sample by employing stratified random sampling method of Kerejsi and Morgan table. To collect data, the researcher used Hashemizade et al.'s (1385)  questionnaire of time management, Duel's (1994) questionnaire of information literacy and Higins and Kutrlic's (2006)  questionnaire of research anxiety. The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by professors and experts. In addition, the reliability measures through Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient were obtained (i.e. time management questionnaire (0.83), information literacy questionnaire (0.89) and anxiety of research questionnaire (0.35). Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test was used to determine the normality of data distribution. The data was analyzed by employing descriptive statistics methods (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and referential statistics methods (one sample t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regressions).  The results indicated that the teacher researchers' time management and information literacy values were meaningfully higher than the mean and their anxiety of research was meaningfully lower than the mean. Also, there was a meaningful negative relationship between the participants' time management, information literacy and the components of these two on one hand and the subjects' anxiety of research on the other hand. The findings of multiple regressions suggested that there was a meaningful reverse predictor relationship between their time management and anxiety of research on one hand and their information literacy and research axiety on the other hand. More specifically, the components of interpretation, combination and use of information, out of the seven components of information literacy, showed a meaningful reverse predictor relationship with anxiety of research.