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Intent to use technology: An exploratory study
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, University of Wyoming, United States ; , Washington State University, United States ; , University of Wyoming, United States ; , Yantai Normal University, China

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Orlando, Florida, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-58-7 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship of preservice teachers' gender, age and major and their intent of using computer-based technology in educational settings. There were 208 participants in this study; they were enrolled in a "Teaching with Microcomputers" class at a major university in the Rocky Mountain region. The instrument used in this study was the "Intent to Use Computer-based Technology Survey" (ITUCTS). The results showed that preservice teachers' gender and age significantly affected either overall intent to use computer-based technology or its sub dimensions. In this study preservice teachers' major was found to be an insignificant predictor of overall score on Intent to Use Computer-based Technology and on all the sub dimensions of Intent to Use Computer-based Technology Survey. The paper concludes by stating the limitations and implications of this study.

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Kim, K., Westhoff, G., Rezabek, L. & Tan, F. (2006). Intent to use technology: An exploratory study. In C. Crawford, R. Carlsen, K. McFerrin, J. Price, R. Weber & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2006--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2920-2927). Orlando, Florida, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 7, 2024 from .

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