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Direct linkSarah E. Piombo; George G. Vega Yon; Thomas W. Valente – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Diffusion of innovations theory can be used to understand how to prevent or slow the spread of harmful behaviors, such as e-cigarette use in adolescent social networks. This study explores how different network intervention strategies could impact diffusion dynamics through network simulations based on observed social norms and e-cigarette use…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Smoking, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior
Download full textKriek, Jeanne; Stols, Gerrit – South African Journal of Education, 2010
In this pilot study, we sought to examine the influence of the beliefs of Grade 10 to 12 physical science teachers on their intended and actual usage of interactive simulations (Physics Education Technology, or PhET) in their classrooms. A combination of the Theory of Planned Behaviour, the Technology Acceptance Model and the Innovation Diffusion…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Simulation
McFarland, Daniel A.; Rodan, Simon – Sociology of Education, 2009
Prior work has proposed different theoretical mechanisms to explain students' course-taking patterns in schools. On the one hand, there are oversocialized accounts that claim that rules, social background factors, and supply-side factors shape observed career patterns. On the other hand, there are undersocialized accounts that claim that the…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Socioeconomic Background, High School Students, Mathematics Instruction
Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Chi, Min, Ed.; Feng, Mingyu, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2016) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, in the USA. The conference, held June 29-July 2, 2016, follows the eight previous editions (Madrid 2015, London 2014, Memphis…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evidence Based Practice, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Stahley, Tom – Science Teacher, 2006
Google Earth is a free online software that provides a virtual view of Earth. Using Google Earth, students can view Earth by hovering over features and locations they preselect or by serendipitously exploring locations that catch their fascination. Going beyond hovering, they can swoop forward and even tilt images to make more detailed…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Astronomy, Computer Software, Internet
