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Does Successful Use of Digital Learning Materials Predict Teachers' Intention to Use Them Again in the Future?
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Kreijns, Karel; Vermeulen, Marjan; van Buuren, Hans; Van Acker, Frederik – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Do perceptions of success in using digital learning materials (DLMs) "regularly" (i.e., several times a week) strengthen (or weaken) teachers' behavioural intentions to use DLMs again? And which psychological factors have a relationship with the intention to use DLMs again? These questions are important in light of stimulating teachers'…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Computer Assisted Instruction, Use Studies, Intention
Teachers' Pedagogical Beliefs and Their Use of Digital Media in Classrooms: Sharpening the Focus of the "Will, Skill, Tool" Model and Integrating Teachers' Constructivist Orientations
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Petko, Dominik – Computers & Education, 2012
The "will, skill, tool" model is a well-established theoretical framework that elucidates the conditions under which teachers are most likely to employ information and communication technologies (ICT) in the classroom. Past studies have shown that these three factors explain a very high degree of variance in the frequency of classroom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Multiple Regression Analysis, Secondary School Teachers
Factors Leading to the Adoption of a Learning Technology: The Case of Graphics Calculators
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Handal, Boris; Cavanagh, Michael; Wood, Leigh; Petocz, Peter – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This paper reports on a case study which examined factors leading to the adoption of graphics calculators (GCs) by secondary mathematics teachers in the state of New South Wales, Australia. In total, 587 teachers of the General Mathematics Course (Years 11 and 12) participated in the study. The median teachers' stage of adoption of GCs was found…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Experience, Mathematics Instruction
Personality, Religiosity and Computer Oriented Attitudes among Trainee Teachers in Israel.
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Katz, Yaacov J.; Francis, Leslie J. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1995
Discussion of teacher attitudes toward computer-assisted instruction (CAI) highlights a study that examined the relationship between Eysenck's personality factors (i.e., extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism), religiosity, and attitudes toward CAI in a sample of 190 female teacher trainees at Bar-Ilan University (Israel). (36 references)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Correlation, Females
Computers and Teachers: Factors Influencing Computer Use in the Classroom.
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Marcinkiewicz, Henryk R. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1994
Reports on a study examining how well several personal variables predict elementary school teachers' use of computers for teaching. Variables examined included innovativeness, teacher locus of control, perceived relevance of computers, and self-competence in using computers. Data on age, gender, and years of computer experience were also…
Descriptors: Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy