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Burns, Michael E.; Farris, Kristen L.; Paz, Mark; Dyhre, Sean – Basic Communication Course Annual, 2021
The current study investigates the use of the reasoned action model (Fishbein & Ajzen, 2010) as an assessment tool for the basic communication course. Specifically, this study examines how attitude towards behaviors, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control influence students' behavioral intentions to use communication behaviors…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Course Evaluation, Models, Student Behavior
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Anthony, Bokolo, Jr.; Kamaludin, Adzhar; Romli, Awanis; Mat Raffei, Anis Farihan; A_L Eh Phon, Danakorn Nincarean; Abdullah, Aziman; Leong Ming, Gan; A. Shukor, Nurbiha; Shukri Nordin, Mohd; Baba, Suria – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2020
Purpose: Blended learning (BL) has been increasing in popularity and demand and has developed as a common practice in institutions of higher learning. Therefore, this study develops a model to evaluate the critical predictors that determine students' acceptance and deployment of BL in institutions of higher education based on the theory of planned…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Predictor Variables, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Sutton, Jazmyne A.; Walsh-Buhi, Eric R. – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: This study investigated variables within the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction (IMBP) as well as differences across socioeconomic status (SES) levels within the context of inconsistent contraceptive use among college women. Participants: A nonprobability sample of 515 female college students completed an Internet-based survey…
Descriptors: Females, College Students, Influences, Contraception
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Altanopoulou, Panagiota; Tselios, Nikolaos – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
This study investigated undergraduate students' intention to use wiki technology. An extension of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) has been used by taking into account not only students' wiki perceived utility and usability, but also Big Five personality characteristics and two other variables, social norms, and facilitating conditions, as…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Intention, Technology Uses in Education, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Jun, Mikyoung; Agley, Jon; Huang, Chunfeng; Gassman, Ruth A. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2016
The extent to which social norms (injunctive and descriptive) are associated with collegiate alcohol use--including binge drinking--has been examined at length, but studies examining the efficacy of interventions derived thereof have reported mixed outcomes. This study examines data from 5,124 college students at 13 different colleges collected by…
Descriptors: College Students, Alcohol Abuse, Intervention, Student Attitudes
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Dix, Emily L.; Emery, Lydia F.; Le, Benjamin – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2014
Educators worldwide face challenges surrounding academic integrity. The development of honor codes can promote academic integrity, but understanding how and why honor codes affect behavior is critical to their successful implementation. To date, research has not examined how students' "relationship" to an honor code predicts…
Descriptors: Ethics, Integrity, Standards, College Students
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Alshare, Khaled A.; El-Masri, Mazen; Lane, Peggy L. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
This paper develops a research model based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model (UTAUT) and Hofstede's cultural dimensions to explore factors that influence student effort at learning Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. A Structural Equation Model (SEM) using LISREL was utilized to validate the proposed research…
Descriptors: Management Information Systems, Adoption (Ideas), Models, College Students
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Choo, Teh Eng (Elaine); Paull, Megan – Issues in Educational Research, 2013
The incidence of plagiarism, according to the literature, is increasing. But why do students plagiarise and why the increase? Is it due to laziness, opportunity, ignorance, fear or ambivalence? Or do they know that there is little chance of any significant penalty? The literature suggests that all of these apply. Given this, are universities and,…
Descriptors: Incidence, Plagiarism, College Students, College Faculty
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Cheng, Pi-Yueh; Hsu, Ping-Kun; Chiou, Wen-Bin – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2012
Previous research on professional certification has primarily focused on graduate certificates in intensive care nursing, writing certificates for practitioners, maintenance of certification in radiation oncology, and the certification of teachers and surgeons. Research on certification in the domain of business and management from an…
Descriptors: Certification, Tests, Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models
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Celuch, Kevin; Dill, Andy – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
The moral conduct of organizations is ultimately dependent on the discrete actions of individuals. The authors address the scholarly and managerial imperative of how individuals combine various cognitions in their ethical decision making. The study extends the understanding of ethical decision making by exploring relationships among Theory of…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Decision Making, Ethics, Role
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Sanders, Patricia; Yanouzas, John N. – Simulation and Games, 1985
Describes a study designed to determine whether positive personal reinforcements used by instructors can alter college students' attitudes about classroom behavior norms of the experiential learning method. Positive feedback given to rebellious students produced positive results, but students who received no feedback reacted negatively to the…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Behavior Modification, Behavior Standards, Classroom Techniques