scholarly journals Investigating the Influencing Factors of Teachers’ Information and Communications Technology-Integrated Teaching Behaviors toward “Learner-Centered” Reform Using Structural Equation Modeling

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12614
Author(s):  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Zengzhao Chen ◽  
Jingjing Ma ◽  
Zhi Liu
Keyword(s):  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Teaching Behaviors ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Teaching Behavior ◽  
Application Behavior ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Teacher Centered

In the context of information-driven Education transformation, this study investigates factors that influence the continuous transformation of teacher information and communications technology (ICT) teaching methods. Although some studies have found that teacher psychological cognition exerts different effects on different types of teacher ICT-integrated teaching behaviors, the current literature on influencing factors lacks the classification of behaviors. Based on the learner-centered transformation, this study divides teacher ICT-integrated teaching behaviors into teacher-centered teaching behavior and student-centered teaching behavior, and constructs a hypothesis model of influencing factors on teacher ICT-integrated teaching behavior. We collected questionnaire data from 795 primary and secondary school teachers, then validated and adjusted the model through structural equation modeling (SEM). The social environment exerted a significant indirect impact on teacher technology application behaviors via mediation of teacher efficacy and outcome expectations. The two types of self-efficacy directly affected the student-centered ICT application behavior more than the teacher-centered ICT application behavior. The student-centered ICT application behavior exerted a significant impact on the teacher-centered ICT application behavior. This study confirms the significance of classifying teacher ICT-integrated teaching behavior and supports the transformation of learner-centered ICT-integrated teaching by improving the social environment to realize equitable and sustainable Education development.

scholarly journals Toward an Instructional WTC-Mediated Model for L2 Classroom Interaction

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402094352
Author(s):  
Chaochang Wang ◽  
Wen-Ta Tseng
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Teaching Behaviors ◽  
Teaching Behavior ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

This study examined the mediating roles of two forms of willingness to communicate (WTC) in the relationship between teachers’ attitudes toward classroom interaction and L2 classroom teaching behaviors. Classroom interaction is held to be pivotal in the acquisition of a second language, and the attitudes of L2 teachers toward it may play a critical role in determining their instructional willingness to integrate it into their teaching and the extent to which it features in their teaching behavior. However, few studies advance this line of research. To address the research gap on this issue, the purpose of this study is to establish an empirical model to examine the causal relationships between the attitudes of L2 teachers toward classroom interaction, their instructional willingness, and their teaching behavior. The empirical data consist of survey responses from 410 Taiwanese high school teachers of English. The structural equation modeling (SEM) results showed that both the general form and the instructional form of WTC significantly mediated the causal relationships between teachers’ attitudes toward classroom interaction and teachers’ L2 teaching behaviors. A multi-group analysis further showed that the two forms of WTC played a more salient mediating role in the practice of senior teachers, defined as those with more than 10 years of teaching experience, than in the practice of junior teachers, defined as those with 10 years or less teaching experience. The research and pedagogical implications are presented in light of the research findings.

scholarly journals Analysis of Influencing Factors of College Students’ Intention to Repeated Blood Donation Based on Structural Equation Modeling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingling Pan ◽  
Wei Hu ◽  
Wenjuan Han ◽  
Yingying Wang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Behavior Intention ◽  
Donation Behavior

AbstractTo research the influencing factors of college students' blood donation behavior intention and propose intervention strategies to improve the repeated blood donation rate of college students. Questionnaire survey was used to research and analyze the influencing factors of behavior intention. Amos 21.0 software was used to establish structural equation modeling and perform confirmatory factor analysis. SPSS 20.0 was used for statistic. The model was proved with highly adaptability, with χ2/df = 2.956 < 3. Factors influencing college students' intention of repeat blood donation behavior can be summarized into four: attitude, external motivation, advice-taking, and perceived behavioral control. Among them, attitude and perceived behavioral control have a great direct impact on behavioral intention, while the external motivation and recommendation acceptance have an indirect impact by influencing the other two factors. In view of those evaluation items with high path coefficient in each factor, we can develop recruitment strategies to influence college students’ repeated blood donation behavior and provide scientific suggestions for improving their repeated blood donation rate.

scholarly journals Influencing Factors of Commercial Energy Consumption Intention of Rural Residents: Evidence from Rural Chengdu

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1010
Author(s):  
Aichun Jiang ◽  
Qian Zhong ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Yibin Ao ◽  
Chuan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Rural Residents ◽  
Rural Construction ◽  
Commercial Energy ◽  
New Rural Construction

With rapid rural urbanization and new rural construction, the commercial energy consumption of rural residents shows a trend of rapid growth, and China’s rural areas are also faced with environmental challenges brought by the increase of commercial energy consumption. China’s commercial energy consumption behavior of rural residents has also undergone tremendous changes. However, scholars have neglected the research on rural residents’ commercial energy consumption intention from a micro perspective. Therefore, this study takes the 5 villages in Chengdu out of the 100 representative villages in the Sichuan province as examples. From the perspective of the head of a family of permanent rural residents, extended planned behavior theory, exploratory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling are used to explore the influencing factors of rural resident commercial energy consumption intention and their relationship. Findings show that subjective norm, perceived behavioral control (PBC), and habit significantly affect residents’ behavioral intention. Habits significantly influence subjective norms and PBC. Therefore, in the new rural construction, rural residents are the main body and participants of energy consumption. Local government departments should plan reasonably according to the needs and characteristics of residents, constantly improve commercial energy infrastructure, improve service level, and further strengthen farmers’ attitude and satisfaction toward commercial energy. Moreover, they should increase the publicity and education of commercial energy, advocate green housing, and promote energy saving consumption reduction, and sustainable development in new rural areas.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing BIM Adoption for Construction Enterprises in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Ruixue Zhang ◽  
Yuyan Tang ◽  
Liang Wang ◽  
Zeyu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Construction Enterprises ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Hypothesis Model ◽  
Wide Range

The construction industry is one of the important pillars of the Chinese national economy. BIM, as a new information technology tool, provides an intelligent digital representation of buildings to support diverse activities and brings about a wide range of benefits throughout the life cycle of projects. However, BIM has not been widely adopted in construction enterprises in China. It is necessary to make a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the influencing factors for BIM adoption. This paper sums up 13 influencing factors from four aspects, namely, technology, economy, institution, and environment aspect. The questionnaire survey and statistical analysis were used to collect and process data which is applied to determine the influencing factors. Based on relevant literature, a hypothesis model was established by the structural equation modeling method. SPSS software and AMOS software were used to test the model. Then, the key factors influencing BIM adoption are induced. The results show that the key factors that influence BIM adoption in China include personnel quality, investment in personnel training, BIM standardization, and the influence of senior managers in the organization. Combined with the above conclusion, this paper puts forward some suggestions for promoting BIM adoption and specific measures to realize the wide application of BIM technology in the Chinese construction industry.

Sport content and virtual reality technology acceptance

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-103
Author(s):  
Reinhard E. Kunz ◽  
James P. Santomier
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Consumer Acceptance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Content Quality ◽  
Use Of Technology

PurposeNotwithstanding the dynamics of digital transformation and its relevance for revenue generation in the entertainment industry, empirical research that focused on consumer behavior at the intersection of sport content and media technology acceptance is limited. Virtual reality (VR) is a re-emerging and nowadays commercially available technology that impacts sport consumed through media. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the consumer acceptance of VR technology and highlight the effects of content quality and flow experience as influencing factors of behavioral intention.Design/methodology/approachBased on a literature review, the authors constructed and empirically tested a model that extends the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) by considering additional antecedent factors. Participants (N=570) in the empirical study viewed sport content via VR technology (Sport VR) and completed a survey before and after viewing. The authors conducted factor analysis and structural equation modeling.FindingsThree UTAUT2 influencing factors, i.e., performance expectancy, social influence and hedonic motivation, showed significant effects. Furthermore, flow and content quality had positive indirect effects. Thus, the quality of sport content and the state of flow that users experience when immersed in a VR environment are relevant factors that determine the performance expectations of consumers and their Sport VR usage intention.Originality/valueThis empirical study contributes to knowledge on consumer acceptance of a hedonic technology in a sport media context. Moreover, two factors extended the established UTAUT2 model.

Effect of workplace spirituality on creative teaching behavior: Intrinsic job satisfaction as a mediator

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Jianglin Ke ◽  
Jizheng Zhang ◽  
Jie You
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Workplace Spirituality ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Creative Teaching ◽  
Teaching Behavior ◽  
Intrinsic Job Satisfaction

We explored how workplace spirituality affects the creative teaching behavior of Chinese elementary and secondary school teachers through their intrinsic job satisfaction, according to conservation of resources theory. We used data from 478 teachers to test the hypotheses with structural equation modeling. The results showed that the workplace spirituality scale that we developed had satisfactory reliability and validity. We also found that workplace spirituality had a positive effect on the teachers' creative teaching behavior, and that their intrinsic job satisfaction fully mediated this relationship. Theoretical and practical implications of our findings and directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Social Norms and Entrepreneurial Action: The Mediating Role of Opportunity Confidence

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Emami ◽  
Datis Khajeheian
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Science And Technology Parks ◽  
Entrepreneurial Action

The aim of this paper is to investigate the mediating effect of opportunity confidence (OC) on the relationship between social norms (SNs) and decision to engage in entrepreneurial action (EA). The sample size includes prospective entrepreneurs engaged in the field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in science and technology parks in Iran. This research uses the longitudinal survey method. Research findings from the structural equation modeling (SEM) do not confirm the mediating role of OC. However, SNs have a significant positive effect on OC, which increases the likelihood of entrepreneurial action. The paper ends with a discussion of results and practical implications.

scholarly journals Influence of Internal and External Controlling Teaching Behaviors on Students’ Motivational Outcomes in Physical Education: Is There a Gender Difference?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Ángel Abós ◽  
Rafael Burgueño ◽  
Luis García-González ◽  
Javier Sevil-Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Teaching Behaviors ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
Multigroup Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Controlling Behaviors

Purpose: Grounded in self-determination theory, this study examined gender latent mean differences in students’ perceptions of externally and internally controlling teaching behaviors, basic psychological need frustration, controlled motivation, amotivation, and oppositional defiance in the physical education context. Moreover, it analyzed the differentiated role that internal and external controlling behaviors play on these self-determination theory-related variables among girls and boys. Method: A sample of 1,118 students (Mage = 14.11 ± 1.50; 50.9% girls) participated in this research. A multigroup structural equation modeling approach was used to respond to the research questions. Results: Analyses revealed that girls reported more maladaptive outcomes in most self-determination theory-related variables than boys. Although externally and internally controlling behaviors of physical education teachers were positively related to maladaptive outcomes, the behaviors correlate differently between boys and girls. Conclusion: Findings highlight the importance of reducing externally controlling behaviors in boys and internally controlling behaviors in both genders, but particularly in girls.

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