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Ying Zhan; Daner Sun; Ho Man Kong; Ye Zeng – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2024
There is a global trend in the increased adoption of e-assessment in school classrooms to enhance learning. Teachers, as classroom-based assessment designers and implementers, play a vital role in such assessment change. However, little is known about school teachers' classroom-based e-assessment practices and the underlying reasons. To address…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Educational Technology
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So, Winnie Wing Mui; Cheng, Irene Nga Yee; Cheung, Lewis Ting On; Chen, Yu; Chow, Stephen Cheuk Fai; Fok, Lincoln; Lo, Sing Kai – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2021
This study aimed to explore the relationships between situational and psychological factors and Hong Kong citizens' plastic waste management (PWM) intentions based on an extended theory of planned behaviour model with situational factors. A total of 996 Hong Kong permanent residents were surveyed, and data were analysed using structural equation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizen Participation, Sanitation, Plastics
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Wang, Hui; King, Ronnel B.; McInerney, Dennis M. – Research Papers in Education, 2023
The advantages and disadvantages of ability grouping for student achievement are strongly contested, with studies presenting different results. However, much of this research has focused on class-level or subject-level ability grouping. Relatively less research has focused on school-level ability grouping. More importantly, the role of teacher…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
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Yan, Zi; Brown, Gavin T. L.; Lee, John Chi-Kin; Qiu, Xue-Lan – Educational Psychology, 2020
This study explores factors that predict students' self-assessment intentions and practices using a framework based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). A total of 1425 Hong Kong students (Primary 4 to Secondary 3) participated in this study. Students' intentions and practices pertaining to self-assessment and the predictors of their…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Behavior Theories, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Cheng, Eddie W. L. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
Conflicting perspectives exist regarding the application of the technology acceptance model (TAM) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to the study of technology acceptance behavior. The present study addressed the controversy by evaluating and comparing the predictive power of the two theories in a specific context, which was to measure…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Computer Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Models
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To, W. M.; Lai, Linda S. L.; Lung, Jane W. Y.; Lai, T. M. – Educational Studies, 2014
The number of students pursuing graduate qualifications has increased, especially in Asian countries and cities, such as China, Macao and Hong Kong. This paper examines the intent to pursue further studies among Chinese students according to the theory of planned behaviour. Based on responses from 321 final-year students in higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Behavior Theories, Graduate Study
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Cheng, Eddie W. L. – Educational Psychology, 2017
This study examined an extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model that specified factors affecting students' intentions to collaborate online for group work. Past behaviour, past experience and actual behavioural control were incorporated in the extended TPB model. The mediating roles of attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Group Activities, Electronic Learning, Models
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Yan, Zi; Sin, Kuen-fung – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2015
This study aimed at providing explanation and prediction of principals' inclusive education intentions and practices under the framework of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). A sample of 209 principals from Hong Kong schools was surveyed using five scales that were developed to assess the five components of TPB: attitude, subjective norm,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Inclusion, Behavior Theories
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Gao, Xuesong – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2014
Cross-border student migration has significant implications for host communities in terms of academic, financial and social consequences. In light of Hong Kong's thirst for human resources, this paper reports on a study that interpreted the graduation plans of a group of "elite" mainland Chinese undergraduates in a publicly funded…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Mobility, Undergraduate Students, Graduation
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Cheng, Eddie W. L. – Educational Psychology, 2016
Professional training and development is a major component of updating teachers' pedagogical knowledge and skills. However, transferring such knowledge and skill may not always be successful. Based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), the present study has developed a model specifying the factors affecting transfer maintenance intention and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Professional Development
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Yan, Zi; Sin, Kuen-fung – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) claims that behaviour can be predicted by behavioural intention and perceived behavioural control, while behavioural intention is a function of attitude towards the behaviour, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control. This study aims at providing explanation and prediction of teachers' inclusive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Theories, Intention, Teacher Behavior
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Wang, Carrie Lijuan; Ha, Amy S. – Sport, Education and Society, 2013
The two-pronged purpose of this study is to examine factors determining the teaching behaviour of pre-service physical education (PE) teachers towards a constructivist approach, likewise referred to as teaching games for understanding (TGfU). Theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was applied to guide the formulation of research purpose and design. Six…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Preservice Teacher Education, Physical Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Wu, Ellery K. Y.; Mak, Winnie W. S. – Counseling Psychologist, 2012
The present study applied the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to unfold the social cognitive antecedents of acculturation and investigated the effects of acculturation on psychological distress using a longitudinal design. A total of 180 mainland Chinese university students studying in Hong Kong completed three sets of questionnaires every 2…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Acculturation, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies