While numerous studies have highlighted the potential benefits of programming environment (PE) use for children's learning, the boundary conditions of children's PE acceptance within the programming education context are less clear. This study fills this gap in the literature by investigating the critical determinants of children's PE use…

Based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and supplemented by social cognitive theory and gender schema theory, this study investigated the interactive mechanism of TAM by incorporating self-efficacy and gender as two factors in students' usage of sports bracelets. Data were collected from 682 Chinese college freshmen. Results indicated that…

Purpose: The present study's goal is to assess the effect of a serious game on the development of entrepreneurial competence, self-efficacy and intention and thereby contribute to clarifying the usefulness of this approach in entrepreneurship education. Design/methodology/approach: The study sample and method included 76 graduate students,…

Purpose: This study investigated how leader characteristics, interpersonal dynamics, and situational context may predict turnover intentions among novice principals and assistant principals. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative survey was administered to 1,945 novice school leaders in Sweden. Linear regression analysis was conducted to…

The article analysed the differences in the influence of entrepreneurial characteristics on entrepreneurial intention according to gender in technological higher education education in a developing country. The methodology used was quantitative, with multivariate data analysis through structural equation modelling. The sample consisted of 604…

Purpose: This study aims to identify factors affecting Generation Z (Gen-Z)'s online learning (OL) behavioural intention (BI) using the extended technology acceptance model by investigating gender differences in the BI of Indian students to adopt OL. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed model was tested on 284 students from a higher education…

Through a hierarchical multiple regression analysis, this study investigated how dimensions of online learning readiness and online connectedness influence students' intentions to continue to take online courses. Data from 369 students who took at least one online course at a four-year public university showed that online learning readiness had a…

This study aimed to determine the academic self-efficacy and entrepreneurial levels of the students studying in the faculties of sport sciences, to define the factors affecting these characteristics and to determine their impacts. In this study, the Entrepreneurial Scale for University Students and the Academic Self-Efficacy Scale were applied to…

This research article examines self-challenge and flexibility, and their impact on entrepreneurial intention mediated by self-recognition and self-efficacy. The research was conducted on students from the Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Negeri Malang. They have obtained Entrepreneurship Education programs…

The end of college is a key transition point when students prepare for the workforce or graduate school, and when competence beliefs that have been shaped throughout college play a particularly important role in decision-making processes. This study examined the roles of two competence beliefs, self-efficacy for scientific tasks and science…

In this article, we present the results of research conducted to investigate the perception of VR educational materials for space technology courses being developed at a technological university in Europe. Our aim was to identify potential barriers faced by men and women when entering and continuing this form of education. As both VR and space…

This study investigates the perceptions of STEM teachers regarding the integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications into classroom settings, using the extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as the framework. The study examines self-efficacy, anxiety, perceived ease of use, expected benefits, attitudes, and behavioral…

This research aimed at developing hypotheses based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model and adopting a proposed model that considers the basic structures (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions) as it represents the technology features "distance education…

Background: Entrepreneurship education has gained significant attention in engineering. This has led to the widespread development of engineering entrepreneurship programs (EEPs) that instill entrepreneurial skills and mindsets in engineering graduates. While research has documented the benefits of EEPs, there is a paucity of research examining…

The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine whether specific attitudes and beliefs among pre-service teachers about the use of computer games in mathematics teaching and learning predict their intention to integrate computer games in future mathematics teaching. Data were collected via a questionnaire from 119 teacher education students…