Unpacking teachers' acceptance of technology: Tests of measurement invariance and latent mean differences

Computers and Education

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-135

  Teo, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Country specific developments; Human computer interface; Pedagogical issues

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; TECHNOLOGY;

ACCEPTANCE OF TECHNOLOGIES; ATTITUDE TOWARDS TECHNOLOGIES; COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACES; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE;

TEACHING;

EID: 84896511731     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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