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Newman, Richard E.; Miller, Michael T. – Online Submission, 2011
Intercollegiate athletics play a major and highly visible role in both higher education and the broader world of sports entertainment. A significant component of the entertainment derived from college athletic contests is related to the atmosphere promoted, both formally and informally, amid and around athletic events. The current study was…
Descriptors: Team Sports, College Athletics, Competition, Sport Psychology
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Wawire, Nelson H. W.; Nafukho, Fredrick M. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to highlight the main factors that affect the management of the WGs' Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Kakamega District and Africa in general. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a descriptive research design. This is because the study was concerned about a univariate question in which the…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Performance Factors, Microeconomics
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Miranda, Helena; Russell, Michael – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2011
This study is a secondary data analysis of the USEIT data to inform school administrators and policymakers about the factors affecting instructional technology use in elementary classrooms. Researchers developed a predictive multilevel SEM model for teacher-directed student use of technology (TDS). The model depicts relationships between factors…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Data Analysis, Technology Uses in Education, Performance Factors
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Arendt, Anne M.; Shelton, Brett E. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
This article examines Utah residents' views of incentives and disincentives for the use of OpenCourseWare (OCW), and how they fit into the theoretical framework of perceived innovation attributes established by Rogers (1983). Rogers identified five categories of perceived innovation attributes: relative advantage, compatibility, complexity,…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Educational Innovation, Predictor Variables, Program Effectiveness
Paszkowski, Diane M. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Severe reductions in funding coupled with the imperative to measure and report teachers' ability to integrate technology into their practice pose a significant problem for school districts in New Jersey. This study was designed to identify factors that influence teacher use of technology. A review of the literature identified four areas of…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Statistical Significance, Educational Technology, Data Analysis