An assessment of pre-service teachers' technology acceptance in Turkey: A structural equation modeling approach

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 191-202

  Teo, Timothy ^a   Ursavaş, Ömer Faruk ^b   Bahçekapili, Ekrem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intention; Pre service teachers; Structural equation modeling; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858763296     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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