NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) in Higher Education: A Systematic Review
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Liangyong Xue; Abdullah Mat Rashid; Sha Ouyang – SAGE Open, 2024
This systematic review evaluates the application of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model in higher education, analyzing 162 SSCI/SCI-E articles from 2008 to 2022. It reveals a predominant focus on student participants from Asia and North America. Mobile learning tools are the most studied technologies. Surveys…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Technology Uses in Education, Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries
A Methodological Review of Structural Equation Modelling in Higher Education Research
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Green, Teegan – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Despite increases in the number of articles published in higher education journals using structural equation modelling (SEM), research addressing their statistical sufficiency, methodological appropriateness and quantitative rigour is sparse. In response, this article provides a census of all covariance-based SEM articles published up until 2013…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Structural Equation Models, Sample Size
The Role of Social Media for Collaborative Learning to Improve Academic Performance of Students and Researchers in Malaysian Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Al-Rahmi, Waleed Mugahed; Othman, Mohd Shahizan; Yusuf, Lizawati Mi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
Social media is widely considered to improve collaborative learning among students and researchers. However, there is a surprising lack of empirical research in Malaysian higher education to improve performance of students and researchers through the effective use of social media that facilitates desirable outcomes. Thus, this study offers a…
Descriptors: Social Media, Higher Education, Cooperative Learning, Literature Reviews
On Inferring Causation from Correlation.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Shedler, Johnathan – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1995
Discusses linear structural relations, Two Stage Least Squares, and path analysis as statistical procedures that sometimes permit causal inferences from correlational findings. Even though two variables cannot be interpreted causally due to a possible but unknown third variable, these methods are appropriate for handling models with correlated…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Correlation, Higher Education, Path Analysis
When the Trees Obscure the Forest--Modern and Postmodern Approaches to the Study of Work and Relationships: Comment on Tokar et al. (2003).
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Blustein, David L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2003
As a reaction to the article by D. M. Tokar et al. (this issue), discusses the most pressing methodological and theoretical challenges embedded in the study of family relationship factors in the career decision making of college students. Reviews outstanding theoretical and empirical issues characteristic of structural equation modeling, with a…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Family Relationship, Higher Education
Planting a Tree while Envisioning the Forest--The Recursive Relation between Theory and Research: Reply to Blustein (2003).
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Tokar, David M.; Hall, Rosalie J.; Moradi, Bonnie – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2003
In his comments regarding Tokar et al.'s article (this issue) Blustein offered several useful suggestions for future research in the area of relationship variables and career development and raised several concerns about the rationale for and use of structural equation modeling in testing their models. In this reply, the authors note points of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Family Relationship, Higher Education