Investigating the technology acceptance among student teachers in Malaysia: An application of the technology acceptance model (TAM)

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-272

  Luan, Wong Su ^a,b   Teo, Timothy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Student teachers; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849112555     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3860/taper.v18i2.1327     Document Type: Article

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