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Development and early score validation of the Malaysian Educator's Information Technology Attitude Scale (MEITAS)

The purpose of this study was to develop and provide initial validation evidence for an instrument to measure educators’ attitudes toward IT. Data were collected from 817 participants comprising both pre and in-service teachers in four phases. Two separate factor analyses were conducted for the pre-...

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Main Author: Wong, Su Luan
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Language:English
Published: Science Publications 2007
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12340/1/ajassp.2007.576.583.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.123402017-11-29T09:03:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12340/ Development and early score validation of the Malaysian Educator's Information Technology Attitude Scale (MEITAS) Wong, Su Luan The purpose of this study was to develop and provide initial validation evidence for an instrument to measure educators’ attitudes toward IT. Data were collected from 817 participants comprising both pre and in-service teachers in four phases. Two separate factor analyses were conducted for the pre-service teacher data and in-service teacher data. Principle component analysis, with varimax rotation, suggested three distinct constructs: affect, perceived usefulness and behaviour. The scores of the instrument also showed high reliability. Science Publications 2007 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12340/1/ajassp.2007.576.583.pdf Wong, Su Luan (2007) Development and early score validation of the Malaysian Educator's Information Technology Attitude Scale (MEITAS). American Journal of Applied Sciences, 4 (8). pp. 576-583. ISSN 1546-9239; ESSN: 1554-3641 http://www.thescipub.com/abstract/?doi=ajassp.2007.576.583 10.3844/ajassp.2007.576.583
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description The purpose of this study was to develop and provide initial validation evidence for an instrument to measure educators’ attitudes toward IT. Data were collected from 817 participants comprising both pre and in-service teachers in four phases. Two separate factor analyses were conducted for the pre-service teacher data and in-service teacher data. Principle component analysis, with varimax rotation, suggested three distinct constructs: affect, perceived usefulness and behaviour. The scores of the instrument also showed high reliability.
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author Wong, Su Luan
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Development and early score validation of the Malaysian Educator's Information Technology Attitude Scale (MEITAS)
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title Development and early score validation of the Malaysian Educator's Information Technology Attitude Scale (MEITAS)
title_short Development and early score validation of the Malaysian Educator's Information Technology Attitude Scale (MEITAS)
title_full Development and early score validation of the Malaysian Educator's Information Technology Attitude Scale (MEITAS)
title_fullStr Development and early score validation of the Malaysian Educator's Information Technology Attitude Scale (MEITAS)
title_full_unstemmed Development and early score validation of the Malaysian Educator's Information Technology Attitude Scale (MEITAS)
title_sort development and early score validation of the malaysian educator's information technology attitude scale (meitas)
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