Examining the intention to use technology among pre-service teachers: An integration of the Technology Acceptance Model and Theory of Planned Behavior

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-18

  Teo, Timothy ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

pre service teachers; structural equation modeling; Technology Acceptance Model (TAM); Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858604464     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494821003714632     Document Type: Article

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