The Collection of Survey Data for Testing the Autocatalytic Model for the Diffusion of Educational Innovations.

Lawton, Stephen B.; Currie, A. Blaine

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ERIC Number: ED172812

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1979-Apr

Pages: 38

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The Collection of Survey Data for Testing the Autocatalytic Model for the Diffusion of Educational Innovations.

Lawton, Stephen B.; Currie, A. Blaine

This paper provides a progress report on an investigation to validate and extend the autocatalytic model for the adoption of educational innovations. Three topics are dealt with: (1) a brief description is provided of the autocatalytic model and its current application, (2) the design of a survey to collect data for further tests of the model is described, and (3) certain problems encountered in the design of survey instruments and their theoretical implications are discussed. The survey instrument is appended. (Author/CMV)

Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Data Collection, Diffusion, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Mathematical Models, Models, Questionnaires, Research Design, Speeches, Surveys, Validity

Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires

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Language: English

Sponsor: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario).

Authoring Institution: Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto.

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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, California, April 8-12, 1979)