The impact of multilevel factors on technology integration: The case of Taiwanese grade 1-9 teachers and schools

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-50

  Hsu, Shihkuan ^a   Kuan, Ping Yin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Elementary and secondary education; ICT integration; Large scale survey; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872963835     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-012-9269-y     Document Type: Article

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