Elementary school student's acceptance of Lego NXT: The technology acceptance model, a preliminary investigation

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 5054-5063

  Shih, Bih Yaw ^a   Shih, Chia Hung ^a   Li, Chien Chung ^a   Chen, Tsung Hao ^b   Chen, Ying Hsiu ^c   Chen, Chen Yuan ^a,d,e  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Behavior; Intelligent NXT robot; Intention; LEGO NXT; Technology acceptance model (TAM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054858312     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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