Unpacking teachers’ intentions to integrate technology: A meta-analysis

The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is a key model describing teachers' intentions to use technology. This meta-analysis clarifies some of the contradictory findings surrounding the relations within the TAM for a sample of 45 studies comprising 300 correlations. We evaluate the overall fit of the TAM and its structural parameters, and quantify the between-sample variation through meta-analytic structural equation modeling. The TAM fitted the data well, and all structural parameters were statistically significant. On average, the TAM variables explained 39.2% of the variance in teachers' intentions to use technology. Several sample, measurement, and publication characteristics, including teachers’ experience and the representation of the TAM variables, moderated the relations within the TAM. Overall, the TAM represents a valid model explaining technology acceptance—however, the degree of explanation and the relative importance of predictors vary across samples. Implications for further research, in particular the generalizability of the TAM, are discussed.     

以共鸣理论看杜牧对柳宗元的接受

杜牧在晚唐柳宗元的接受处于低谷的时候,唱出了＂李杜泛浩浩,韩柳摩苍苍＂的诗句。共鸣理论认为,当接受主体与接受对象的审美契合度越高时,共鸣效应越大,文学接受越易发生。由于杜牧在自身气质、政治热情、文学创作及情感经历上与柳宗元存在高度的契合,所以也对柳宗元诗文的共鸣要多于他人。这是杜牧欣赏接受柳宗元不可忽视的内在原因。     

从文学文本走向茶诗经典——论《七碗茶》在后代的传播与接受

《七碗茶》是后代广为熟知的饮茶经典,《七碗茶》从普通文本走向茶诗经典,除了茶诗本体固有的内在精华之外,更为重要的则是后代各类爱茶群体对于《七碗茶》的广泛青睐,开拓了其传播与接受的广度与深度。     

密苏里同伴关系问卷在中国未成年犯中的信效度检验

采用分层随机抽样原则对257名男性未成年犯进行问卷调查,结果表明：修订后的问卷只包括因素一情感维系度和因素二攻击性,总的信度为0.7351。验证性因素分析的结果为χ2/df=4.42,NFI=0.81,CFI=0.86,RSMEA=0.00。中文版的《密苏里同伴关系问卷》有良好的信度和效度,可用于未成年人犯罪同伴关系的研究。     

Prevalence of family violence and mental health and their relation to peer victimization: A representative study of adolescent students in Southwestern Uganda

BackgroundDespite global efforts to end violence against children in all settings, reports reveal that violence against children is still highly prevalent, especially in low-and middle- income countries. Violence in childhood is associated with a host of negative outcomes, and exposure in one setting can easily spill over to other contexts. For instance, exposure to family violence was not only related to mental health problems but also seems to be a risk factor for peer victimization.ObjectivesThe present study aimed to examine the prevalence of maltreatment within the family and adolescents’ mental health problems and their relation to peer victimization. We also aimed to gain new insights into the perceptions of adolescents concerning maltreatment within their families.MethodsData were collected from April to November 2017 in a representative sample of 702 students from 12 public secondary schools in Southwestern Uganda who responded to self-administered questionnaires.ResultsOverall, 95% of the students experienced at least one type of family violence in the past month. Students (81.3%) had endorsed some level of acceptance of violent discipline as a valid strategy in response to any misbehavior. Maltreatment within the family was related to peer victimization (β = .47) and this relation was mediated by mental health problems (0.002, 95%-CI: 0.001–0.004).ConclusionsThe results indicated a high prevalence of maltreatment within Ugandan families that was associated with peer victimization. This underscores the need to implement interventions aiming to reduce maltreatment and violence in order to protect children from potentially negative consequences.     

Integration of technical vocabulary into peer observation of teaching for Taiwanese elementary school English teachers’ professional learning

This study explored the integration of technical vocabulary into pre-observation conferences and its influence on English teachers’ professional learning and discussion in their post-observation conferences. The conceptual framework based on Harvey [2011. “A Sociocultural-Theory-Based Study of the Impact of Mediation During Post-observation Conferences on Language Teacher Learning.” Unpublished doctoral diss., University of South Florida] and Goe, Biggers, and Croft [2012. Linking Teacher Evaluation to Professional Development: Focusing on Improving Teaching and Learning. Denver, CO: National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality] was used to analyse the questionnaire, audio recordings, and documents collected in seven peer observations of teaching in Taiwan. This study has two major findings. First, English teachers regarded the technical vocabulary as stimuli for their professional learning; however, the range of technical vocabulary used during the post-observation conferences was limited. Second, three major factors affected their use of technical vocabulary. A new model was proposed in order to effectively integrate technical vocabulary into peer observations of teaching for elementary school English teachers’ professional learning.     

Demystifying blockchain: A critical analysis of challenges,applications and opportunities

The blockchain is considered to be the potential driver of the digital economy. The Blockchain technology outweighs the challenges associated with the traditional transaction business governed and regulated by the third trusted party. There is a growth in the interest among the researchers, the industry, and the academia to study and leverage the potential of Blockchain. Blockchain provides a decentralized and distributed public ledger for all the participating parties. Though it seems that blockchain is a viable choice and solution for all the centralized governed and regulated transactions (in digital online space), it has potential challenges that need to be resolved; opportunities to be explored, and applications to be studied. This paper utilizes a systematic literature review to study several research endeavors made in the domain of blockchain. To further research on blockchain adoption, the paper theoretically constructs an integrated framework of the blockchain innovation adoption process in an organization considering organizational and user acceptance perspectives. This would facilitate its widespread adoption, thereby achieving sustained leadership solutions. The paper offers 23 propositions to information systems (IS)/information management (IM) scholars with respect to innovation characteristics, organizational characteristics, environmental characteristics, and user acceptance characteristics. Further, the paper explores several areas of future research and directions that can provide deep insights for overcoming challenges and for the adoption of blockchain technology.     

数据故事化的评价与改进

[目的/意义]数据故事化评价是监控数据故事化过程、衡量其效果、保障和提升其质量的关键目前,国内外关于数据故事化评价的研究较少,本研究可为今后相关研究提供参考。[方法/过程]本文的评价方法分为基于过程的评价和基于结果的评价。其中基于过程的评价采用软件能力成熟度模型,将数据故事化划分为数据准备、数据分析、故事建模、故事描述和故事呈现五个阶段,并根据具体实施需要定义了过程评价的阶段参考特征和改进方向;基于结果的评价,则是以本文提出的基于结果的评价模型为基础,从受众和使用者视角对个人的接受度和持续接受度进行评价,最后以评价结果为依据提出了改进流程[结果/结论]本文提出的评价方法能够在一定程度上帮助组织在开发过程中把握产品痛点,提升开发能力。同时也可以解释和预测个人的接受意向,为下一步的营销推广活动提供依据。     

认罪认罚从宽视域下精准化量刑建议的优化路径

2018年新修订的《刑事诉讼法》中,正式增加了认罪认罚从宽制度的规定.随着这一规定的提出,精准化量刑建议被作为《刑事诉讼法》有效运行的支点引发了诸多争议与讨论.为了对精准化量刑建议所包含的基本原理进行深入探究和对其的诸多争议进行回应,文章从量刑建议精准化实施的必要性和可行性入手,总结出量刑建议走向精准化存在的现实困难和...     

技术采纳模型文献的计量分析

技术采纳模型（TAM）是1989年美国学者Davis在理性行为理论（TRA）的基础上,提出的一个专门用于描述用户信息技术采纳和接受行为的模型。本文以CNKI数据库为原始文献来源,对技术采纳模型的相关文献分别从发表年份、刊登期刊、作者合作度、研究领域、研究层次、研究方法、采用变量等方面进行计量分析,为今后的研究和应用奠定基础和提供参考。

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Technology Acceptance Model （TAM） is a model proposed by Davis,an American scholar,based on the Theory of Reasoned Action （TRA） in 1989.It’ s a model used specially to describe the information technology adoption and acceptance behavior of the users.Taking the CNKI database as the original literature sources,this paper makes a statistical analysis of the related literatures of TAM from the aspects of publication year,publication journal,author cooperative degree,research field,research level,research method,and variables adopted in an attempt to lay a foundation and provide reference for future research and application.