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Karadag, Didar; Soley, Gaye – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Several studies have investigated factors guiding children's decisions when learning from others, although less is known about factors that govern children's decisions when they transfer knowledge to others. Here we asked whether children would privilege ingroup members when teaching and, if so, whether this tendency would persist when…
Descriptors: Young Children, Group Membership, Peer Groups, Values Education
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Chun Sing Maxwell Ho; Thomas Wing Yan Man; Ming Ming Chiu – International Journal of Educational Management, 2025
Purpose: Framed by social cognition theory, this study examines the impact of environmental factors (e.g. social norms) on students' entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ES) and entrepreneurial intention (EI). Design/methodology/approach: We obtained responses to a survey from 811 senior secondary students in Hong Kong. We then employed structural…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Social Behavior, Entrepreneurship, Self Efficacy
Silvestri, Justin – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The gender gap in American undergraduate students' participation in study-abroad programs is a persistent phenomenon. According to the Institute of International Education (2022a), male students have represented between 32.7% and 36.5% of all American students abroad between the 2007-2008 and 2018-2019 academic years. Research similarly shows that…
Descriptors: Males, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Study Abroad
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Owolabi Paul Adelana; Musa Adekunle Ayanwale; Ismaila Temitayo Sanusi – Cogent Education, 2024
This study addresses the challenge of teaching genetics effectively to high school students, a topic known to be particularly challenging. Leveraging the growing importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in education, the research explores the perspectives, attitudes, and behavioral intentions of pre-service teachers regarding the integration of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Biology, Science Teachers, Intention
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IBIlI, Emin; Ilhanli, Nevruz; ZayIm, Nese; Yardimci, Ahmet – Educational Gerontology, 2023
This study was aimed at determining the factors that affect the intentions of University of the Third Age (UTA) students toward e-learning systems by using Structural Equation Modeling. For this purpose, factors such as Self-Efficacy, Experience, Social Norms, Enjoyment, and Anxiety, suggested as external factors in the General Extended Technology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Intention, Influences
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Gainsburg, Izzy; Sekaquaptewa, Denise – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2020
Social psychologists have leveraged social norms messaging about prejudice to improve social climates. Less research, however, has explored how social identities of message sources and recipients (e.g., gender) influence receptivity to these messages. Testing for the effects of source and recipient social identity on message receptivity is not…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Attitude Change, Gender Differences, Undergraduate Students
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Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab; Krauss, Steven Eric; D'Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence; Tiraieyari, Neda; Ismail, Ismi Arif; Dahalan, Dzuhailmi – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2022
Purpose: The aim of the study was to identify factors associated with tertiary students' intention to pursue agriculture-related careers. The moderating effect of gender and geographic location on the predictive relationships was also examined. Design/methodology/approach: Quantitative data were collected from 488 students studying in five…
Descriptors: College Students, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Career Choice
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Daniel, Ana Dias; Almeida, João – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: This study assesses the effects of junior enterprises (JEs) on the entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions of engineering higher education students, compared to a group of social sciences students. Design/methodology/approach: This research analyses a sample of 132 students enrolled in engineering higher education courses in Portugal and…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, College Students, Engineering Education
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altawallbeh, Manal; Thiam, Wun; alshourah, Sultan; Fong, Soon Fook – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating factors that effect on adaption e-learning among students in Jordanian universities. Two models of e-learning that are observed among adopting institutions are: E-learning as a supplement to traditional classroom model have been introduced by the respondents in this research. The paper takes a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Electronic Learning
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Hudson, Heather K.; Fetro, Joyce V.; Ogletree, Roberta – American Journal of Health Education, 2014
Background: Empirical studies on sexting are limited, and many sexting studies only assessed sexting behaviors. Few studies have assessed attitudes, subjective norms, or behavioral intentions related to sexting. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess attitudes, subjective norms, behavioral intentions, and behaviors related to sexting…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Asynchronous Communication, Undergraduate Students, Intention
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Jinying, Wang; Pelagie, Pene Zongabiro Nina – International Journal of Higher Education, 2014
Students' perceptions towards entrepreneurship have been a focus for many researches in the field of Entrepreneurship: Given the role that entrepreneurship play in the economic development of a country, researchers acknowledge that students are the key population for entrepreneurial activities. Researchers want to predict and understand students'…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Intention, Performance Factors, Vocational Interests
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Myklestad, Ingri; Rise, Jostein – Health Education & Behavior, 2007
This article examines the sociocognitive processes contributing to intention to use contraception and willingness to engage in unsafe sex, using extended versions of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the Prototype/Willingness model (Gibbons & Gerrard, 1995, 1997). Data were obtained from a questionnaire delivered to all the pupils in…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Self Efficacy, Intention, Multiple Regression Analysis