The integration of STEM education has been promoted to improve the quality of education in the 21st century, with its usage leading to emphasis on the factors influencing the intentions of preservice ...teachers. Therefore, this study aims to determine the factors influencing preservice teachers’ intentions, as well as the effects of gender and age on the implementation of STEM education. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was adopted to predict the relationship between knowledge, social influence, attitude, perceived usefulness, control, and behavioral intention (BI) of using STEM education among preservice secondary school teachers. A total of 30 item questionnaires on behavioral intentions were distributed to 201 respondents, with data being analyzed using the Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results showed that perceived usefulness had a positive significance, and a relationship with the attitudes of preservice teachers toward STEM education. Habit had a positive significance in influencing teachers’ behavioral intentions and implementation. Subjective norms did not have a significant correlation with BI and implementation. These results are recommended for providing solutions to analytical problems, and to successfully improve future learning through an educational approach.
This study attempts to model the factors that affect the system's use, user satisfaction, net benefits, and user loyalty to digital library services. We developed the proposed framework using Delone ...and McLean's information system success model. A survey instrument was adapted, validated, and assessed for reliability. The survey data were gathered from respondents (n. 2105) who are Indonesian open university (IOU) students. We evaluated the validity and reliability of the data by assessing the measurement model. We applied a structural model in the Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to report the path coefficient (β), p-value, and t-value for the main data analysis. Findings inform that all hypotheses were confirmed. Service quality had the most significant role in predicting user satisfaction, and user satisfaction was the most significant predictor of use. In addition, the net benefits variable was mostly affected by use. For user loyalty, the most robust determinant was net benefits. This research elaborates on quality criteria that can be a reference for related stakeholders to improve digital library services, satisfaction, use, net benefits, and user loyalty.
Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) is a well-known framework in the field of educational technology. However, there is a dearth of studies that examine the impact of teachers' ...TPACK on the acceptance of Online Teacher Professional Development (OTPD). This study aimed to examine if TPACK affected secondary school mathematics teachers' acceptance of OTPD. A quantitative method with a cross-sectional survey was employed. Two hundred and ten Indonesian secondary school mathematics teachers completed a 40-item questionnaire based on TPACK and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Data were analyzed by structural equation modeling. The findings showed that TPACK constructs were strongly interconnected and significantly affected teachers' acceptance of OTPD. Therefore, this study suggests that TPACK is a valid model to explain teachers' engagement in OTPD.
This study aimed to examine the potential of micro-lectures as effective technology-based learning media in mathematics. It proposed a hypothesis that using micro-lectures affects learning ...satisfaction and achievement in mathematics. Data were collected using a questionnaire developed from the acceptance model theory (TAM) and the extended Expectation Confirmation Model (ECM). Respondents comprised 233 students from six classes that used micro-lectures to learn mathematics for one semester at a public junior high school. The data were analyzed quantitatively using structural equation modeling assisted by SMART PLS 3.0 software. The results showed that perceived usefulness was the most significant factor in the learning achievement. Student attitude towards micro-lectures was the strongest positive factor in learning satisfaction. Furthermore, the proposed model explained 76.9% and 77.3% of the factors related to learning and satisfaction in using micro-lectures, respectively. It implies that micro-lectures affect learning satisfaction and achievement in mathematics. These results indicate that using micro-lectures in mathematics lessons increases learning satisfaction and achievement. They could assist schools, teachers, and local education ministries in planning, evaluating, and implementing micro-lectures in teaching and learning activities to improve education quality.
Students’ awareness of disasters is vital, especially for those living in disaster-prone areas, so it needs to be developed during the learning. One strategy to increase students’ awareness is ...integrating the concept of disaster awareness in learning, such as using mathematical comics based on disaster contexts. This study aimed to examine the improvement of junior high school students’ awareness of disasters through mathematical comics. It also compared the improvement of awareness of the urban and rural students. This study employed a quantitative approach with a pre-test–post-test control group design. The population was all Year 7 students in one of the junior high schools in Banda Aceh (urban area) and one of the junior high schools in Aceh Besar (rural area), Indonesia. The samples were of two classes (experimental and control) in each school, which are selected randomly. Data were collected through a disaster awareness questionnaire and analysed by t-test.Contribution This study showed that using mathematics comics in different schools with varying conditions resulted in the different levels of disaster awareness-raising. Students’ disaster awareness in the urban experimental class was better on three of the four indicators, namely, pre-disaster awareness, false disaster awareness, and after disaster awareness, compared to the control class. Meanwhile, the rural experimental class did better on one of the four indicators, namely, disaster education awareness, than the control class. This study implies that comics can increase disaster awareness and the need for further research.
In the era of information technology-based 4.0, all fields use information technology, as well as in the world of education. In learning, the use and use of information technology is very important ...in supporting the smooth teaching and learning process. So that the ability of teachers in information technology literacy is very important and needs to be developed. This study aims to describe the level of information technology literacy of mathematics teachers in private vocational schools in South Jakarta and identify the factors that influence it. The research method used is descriptive qualitative method. The research sample was 41 mathematics teachers at private vocational schools in South Jakarta, who were taken by purposive sampling technique. Information techniques through questionnaires and interviews. The results showed that the level of information technology literacy for mathematics teachers in private vocational schools in South Jakarta was still low. One of the factors affecting literacy is the lack of training in the use of information.
The Internet has been massively utilized for educational purposes during the last ten years with many platforms, including e-Learning Services (e-LS). This survey study aimed to report factors ...affecting the intention to use e-LS in the Indonesian Open University (OU) context. The original technology acceptance model (TAM) was extended, involving seven variables: facilitating conditions, perceived enjoyment, subjective norms, perceived ease of use, usefulness, attitudes, and intention to use. The survey questionnaire was piloted prior to the main data collection. Through random sampling, 2787 out of 341,956 Indonesian OU students responded to the questionnaire. The main data were analyzed through partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) procedures. For predicting intention to use e-LS, the strongest affecting factor is attitudes. Subjective norms play a bigger than perceived usefulness in predicting intention to use. In predicting attitudes, perceived ease of use is the strongest predictor, followed by perceived usefulness. Subjective norms, facilitating conditions, and perceived enjoyment are significant predictors of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. Recommendations were elaborated for all stakeholders: researchers, tutors, policymakers, and OU students.
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