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Granillo, Lilia Reyes. "Teacher attitude towards technology: Usage in K-2 classrooms." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2606.

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This thesis is designed for teachers in early elementary education. It focuses on how and if, these teachers are integrating technology while meeting the many State Standards required by the State of California.
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Bowerman, Kamra. "An Investigation of Boaters' Attitudes toward and Usage of Targeted Mobile Apps." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5607.

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The purpose of this study was to understand boaters' adoption and usage of smartphones and mobile apps as well as to obtain their opinion on potential features of a targeted mobile app being developed as part of a broader interdisciplinary Florida Sea Grant outreach project. Data were gathered from an online survey of a sample of 164 boaters from the surrounding Central Florida area. In contrast with previous empirical mobile app studies, many respondents reported using mobile apps for information-seeking versus escape gratifications. Further more than half of the respondents' age sixty-five a
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DelFrate, Judith. "An investigation of teachers' backgrounds, usage, and attitudes towards computers in education /." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487584612163682.

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Wallgren, Jonas. "Attitudes Towards and Uses of the Japanese Adverbzenzen by Swedish Learners of Japanese." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Engelska, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-19264.

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The word zenzen is an adverb that is used frequently in daily conversational Japanese. From the Meiji period (1868-1912) until the early Showa period (1924-1989) the word was used together with both affirmative and negative words to form expressions. In the early Showa period the grammatical rules in education changed so that the only acceptable use was together with a negative word. From the 1990’s onward, the use together with an affirmative word has made a comeback especially among younger Japanese people. However even though the usage together with an affirmative word has made a comeback a
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Friedman, Brandon. "A study of South African computer usersʹ password usage habits and attitude towards password security". Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013003.

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The challenge of having to create and remember a secure password for each user account has become a problem for many computer users and can lead to bad password management practices. Simpler and less secure passwords are often selected and are regularly reused across multiple user accounts. Computer users within corporations and institutions are subject to password policies, policies which require users to create passwords of a specified length and composition and change passwords regularly. These policies often prevent users from reusing previous selected passwords. Security vendors and profe
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Wild, Catherine. "Attitudes towards English usage in the late modern period : the case of phrasal verbs." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2010. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2264/.

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Phrasal verbs are an intrinsic part of Late Modern English, and are found in both informal and colloquial language (check out, listen up) and more formal styles (a thesis might set out some problems and then sum up the main points). They are highly productive: 'up' can be added to almost any verb to signify goal or end-point (read up, finish up, eat up, meet up, fatten up); and once a phrasal verb has been coined, a conversion often follows (for example, the verb 'phone in' was first recorded in 1946, and the noun 'phone-in' in 1967; 'dumb down' was coined in 1933, and we read of 'dumbed-down'
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Samarkandi, Osama Abdulhaleem. "STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD COMPUTERS AT THE COLLEGE OF NURSING AT KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (KSU)." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1301681022.

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Norgren, Hanna, and Carina Gustafsson. "Nepotism perceived by managersin northern Sweden : An explorative study on attitudes towards nepotismand its usage." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-91571.

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This explorative study examines human resource-, executive- and site manager’s perception of nepotism in northern Sweden. Nepotism is a concept that describes the situation where a company values an applicant’s family ties in front of qualifications in the recruitment process. However, nepotism can as well be described from a broader perspective as the situation where a company values other social connections of significance that the applicant’s has at the company. What both of these situations have in common is that both applicants are hired due to their connections at the company, and not be
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Truman, Lauren Elaine. ""Language Attitudes in Alcalá de Henares towards Immigrants" and "Adverbial Adjectives: A Usage-based Approach"." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6324.

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This study is part of the IN.MIGRA-2 CM project, which studies the sociolinguistic integration of the immigrant population of Madrid. The present study focuses on the language attitudes of 16 residents of Alcalá de Henares, a community of Madrid. The participants were asked to rate their level of agreement with the following affirmations: (1) The Spanish of Madrid is more correct than the forms of speech of Latin American immigrants; (2) Mastery of the Spanish language is the principal demonstration of the integration of immigrants; (3) Immigrants of Latin American origin are integrated becaus
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Elzawi, Abdussalam. "Attitudes of academic staff and students towards Internet usage for academic purposes in Alzawia University, Libya." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2018. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34539/.

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The modern society is in the transition process from the Information Age to the Interaction Age so the attitude of academics and students towards Internet use is continuously changing. This study aims to investigate the attitudes of lecturers and students from Al-Zawiya University (AZU), Libya, towards the use of Internet technology for academic purposes and to formulate a set of recommendations for upgrading the quality and effectiveness of ICT implementation within the School of Engineering from AZU. The action research approach is used to develop a novel framework for increasing the effecti
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Harris, Ainslie J. "A model of key characteristics affecting consumer attitudes toward the usage of free legitimate ad-supported music download services." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/846.

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Digital music file sharing has had a significant negative financial impact on the recorded music industry, causing multi-billion dollar losses over the past decade. In a world where file sharing is now an activity that can be carried out with ease, industry stakeholders are continuously looking for ways to profit from changing consumer behaviour. To date, literature has looked at why people illicitly download (e.g. motivations, ethical considerations), the financial impact of file sharing (e.g. lost revenue), legal approaches to combatting file sharing (e.g. what approaches work, if any), and
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Mellborg, Magnus. "Chairman or chairperson? Or perhaps chair? : Swedish upper secondary school students’ knowledge of, and attitudes towards unbiased and ‘politically correct’ English usage." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Humanities, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1247.

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<p>The aim of this essay was to investigate the knowledge of, and attitudes towards unbiased English usage amongst Swedish upper secondary school students. For the purpose of this study, a survey was carried out at an upper secondary school in southern Sweden. In the theoretical background section, terms such as political correctness and gender-neutral language use are defined. In addition, references are made to studies in the United States and Europe on students’ awareness of these aspects of language.</p><p>For the present study, a survey was carried out in which 41 students answered 13 que
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Jack, Corin Malcolm. "An evaluation of UK sheep farmers' attitudes and behaviours towards sustainable roundworm control." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29611.

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One of the major constraints limiting the efficiency of sheep production is the control of gastrointestinal nematode parasites. Parasite control by strategic use of anthelmintics is threatened by the emergence of nematode populations that are resistant to the drugs available. It is therefore increasingly apparent that steps toward maintaining sustainable productivity in the growing face of anthelmintic resistance (AR) is required by farmers. To facilitate the uptake of sustainable approaches to parasite management, a comprehensive understanding of the various factors that may influence farmers
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Rhoades, Emily B. "Effect of cognitive problem-solving style, Internet usage, and level of interactivity on attitudes toward and recall of Web-based information." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0015362.

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Blazina, Christopher (Christopher Douglas). "Masculine Gender Role Conflict: Effects on College Men's Scores of Psychological Well-Being, Chemical Substance Usage, and Attitudes toward Help-Seeking." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278498/.

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This purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Gender Role Conflict upon college men's scores of psychological well-being, substance usage, and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking. It was found that the Success, Power, and Competition variable of Gender Role Conflict was the one variable that was consistently related to the measures of interest. Moreover, it was found to be significantly related to a decrease in psychological well-being, including Trait Anger, Angry Reaction subtype of trait anger, Angry Temperament subtype of trait anger, and Trait Anxiety. It was also f
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Harmon, Gary Dean. "Microcomputer usage in secondary schools located in the state of Ohio and an analyses of business teachers' attitudes towards microcomputers /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487261919110768.

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Mustafa, Mehran. "ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE’S CHARGING LOAD ON THE GRID BASED ON DRIVER’S PERSONAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEV USAGE AND CHARGING." OpenSIUC, 2021. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1942.

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Today, the transport sector is responsible for nearly one-quarter of global energy-related direct carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions and is a significant contributor to air pollution [1]. In the United States, the transportation sector has the highest share (28%) in the mix of green-house gas (GHG) sources [2]. Some of the more developed nations across the globe are now committed to improve the climate and air quality. Countries like China, Europe and the United States are front runners in introducing ambitions policies to incentivize the production and adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEV’s
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Scott, Jessica Mae. "A Comparison of Attitudes Towards Time Management, Usage of Time, and Self-Expression by High-Performing and Low-Perfoming Students at Brigham Young University." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3365.

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Time log data (time-spent and adjective evaluations), a six question survey about time management attitudes, and the Adult Self Expression Scale (behavioral and situational subscales), were examined regarding how well each predict GPA. This paper contains two studies. The first study uses canonical correlations to examine the natural relationships between GPA and the five sets of predictor variables. The second study is hypothesis testing with regard to four groups: males and females on academic probation, and males and females with high GPAs. The effects of academic probation and gender on th
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Chen, Yu-Fang, and 陳郁方. "A Study on Belief, Attitude and Usage toward Web Advertising." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85129287892205407953.

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Syrgabayeva, Dinara, and 狄娜拉. "Consumer knowledge, belief, and attitude toward green power usage: An investigation of Kazakhstan consumers." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/v76w44.

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碩士<br>逢甲大學<br>國際貿易所<br>100<br>Green power usage considered as the key to long-term country competitiveness because it can reduce the harm to environment and ensure the safety of energy producing. The cost of renewable green power production, however, is still higher than non-renewable energy power such as nuclear or coal. For government officials and electric power company managers, understanding how consumers’ attitude toward more expensive but healthier green power is critical. Despite the importance of green power usage, little academic research has address how consumers’ knowledge, belief
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Gillette, Priscilla A. "Computer inservice of Wisconsin school administrators and their attitude toward and usage of computers." 1985. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/14170718.html.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1985.<br>Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-87).
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Li, Yi-Wen, and 黎意文. "Free Sample’s Brand Awareness and Trying usage toward Brand Congition, Brand Attitude and Purchase Intention." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72480173561046599187.

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碩士<br>國立高雄應用科技大學<br>商務經營研究所<br>95<br>This study discussed about the free samples of Non-price promotion. Brand awareness toward trying and usage toward trying are the independent variables; Word-of-Mouth (WOM) is a moderator variable. And analyzed whether these factors affect the Brand Cognition, Brand Attitude and Purchase Intention or not. In this thesis, the Nested Factor Design manipulates the three independent variables of brand awareness, sample size, and WOM effects. This research cooperated with Shiseido Company and Shen Hsiang Tang Company, obtained cleaning foam samples of two compan
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Yen, Ko-Chin, and 顏格卿. "Investigation of Parents toward Preschool Children&;apos;&;apos;s Dental Care Awareness, Attitude and Usage." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/basxxb.

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碩士<br>高雄醫學大學<br>口腔衛生科學研究所碩士在職專班<br>102<br>Abstract Background : Although many parents know that children have oral health problems, but the children &;apos;&;apos;s oral health care is poor .Ministry of Health and Welfare grants free fluoride application every six months for preschoolers, but the utilization rate less than 7 %, indicating that there is still a very large room for improvement . Objective: To understand the difference between the extent of preschoolers using oral health services and their oral health, and to investigate the effects of related factors . Research Methods: A que
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Lin, Lin, and 林麟. "A Research on the Opening Attitude toward the Usage of Marijuana among the College Students in Taipei Area." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70590273317321946392.

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碩士<br>東海大學<br>教育研究所<br>94<br>The purposes of this research are to explore the actual status of Marijuana opening attitude toward Marijuana use for the college students in Taipei area and hope to know the effects of background factors and their differentiations. The researcher also provides some suggestions and comments from the research results to the government for making new policy of soft drug use, and suggestions to the educational workers.   The survey was conducted with a series of questionnaire and the subjects in the study were from the daytime students of public(city)universities, pr
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LEE, YING-CI, and 李英慈. "The research of the Chang-hua County elementary school teachers’environmental knowledge and attitude toward the Restriction Policy on Plastic Usage." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/98541884178422257483.

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碩士<br>國立臺中教育大學<br>環境教育研究所<br>95<br>This research not only aims to find out the status of the primary school teachers’ environmental knowledge and attitude, toward the Restriction Policy on Plastic Usage,but also explores the relationship between demographic variables which relevant to environmental knowledge and attitude.In addition, it probes the correlation between the relevant environmental knowledge and of the Restriction Policy on Plastic Usage. In order to achieve the aim of the research, this research adopts questionnaire survey technique and takes stratified random samples from primary
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Lai, Yan-Ting, and 賴彥廷. "The Study of the Influence among Perceived Value, Perceived Risk, Perceived Ease of Use, Attitude toward Using on Usage Intention--An Example of Third-Party Payment." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/642nq2.

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碩士<br>南華大學<br>企業管理學系管理科學碩博士班<br>104<br>With the vigorous development of e-commerce, the transactions of online shopping have been increasingly diversified. The rise of the third-party payment even has a significant influence on human beings. However, although the service of the third-party payment has been popular abroad, the existing laws and regulations in Taiwan have not been complete. Consumers are under the situation where the functions and risks of the third-party payment are unpredictable. Therefore, this study intends to understand the usage intention of the third-party payment from th
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Wang, Wang-Yi, and 王琬怡. "A Study of The Impact of Image and Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness Toward Attitude and Usage Intention of Online Banking-Using Expericence as Moderating Variables." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00806639366302625138.

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碩士<br>淡江大學<br>國際企業學系碩士在職專班<br>101<br>In recent years﹐the rapid growth of the internet has gradually changed companies competitive strategies and consumers transaction methods﹒According to published data from Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)﹐it shows that 68.57% of whole population in Taiwan use the internet regularly﹒Also﹐according to the data from Research﹐Development and Evaluation Commission﹐Executive Yuan﹐it shows that 31.1% of whole population in Taiwan have ever used online banking systems﹒From the data above﹐we can see that even though it is very common for people in Taiwan to
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Cronje, Marthie. "The relationship between personality traits, attitudes towards the Internet and Internet usage." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4079.

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M.A.<br>The goal of the present study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits, attitudes towards the Internet, and Internet use. This study was regarded as important because the Internet is increasingly becoming an important part of everyday life, and is changing society as we know it. 224 third year psychology students participated in the study. The existing literature indicated that the personality traits of Extraversion and Openness to Experience were likely to influence Internet use. Attitudes could also be expected to influence volitional behaviour, such as voluntar
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"Attitudes Towards English Word Usage in American English Speakers of Different Varieties." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38748.

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abstract: The English language is taught all over the world and changes immensely from place to place. As such, both L1 and L2 English Language Users all utilize English as a tool for creating meaning in their existence and to also form perspectives on how the language ought to be. What is interesting about this is that the language being used to do that is one birthed from a culture that many English speakers across the globe are separated from; that is, Anglo-Saxon culture. Since learning and using language is also learning and participating in culture the question is, then how separated ar
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Hsu, Chiao-Li, and 許巧莉. "A study of preschool educators' usage attitude and satisfaction towards the management system of preschool." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6ehrue.

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碩士<br>亞洲大學<br>資訊工程學系碩士在職專班<br>102<br>This study aims to explore the usage situation of an early childhood management system in Changhua County of Taiwan, and also correlates preschool educators' usage attitude and satisfaction towards the management system of preschool.This study adopts questionnaire survey method, descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation methods for analysis. The following conclusions were reached: I. The “usage attitude” of the preschool educator in Changhua County towards the management system of preschool is “perceived as useful” and “easy to use”; it
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Liang, Chia-Kuo, and 梁家國. "A Study of Factors Affecting a User Toward the Cognition, Usage Attitudes, and Usage Effectiveness of Using an Electronic Commerce Website’s Interface." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64074926257734564113.

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碩士<br>國立屏東科技大學<br>資訊管理系所<br>98<br>With the rapid developments of technologies and applications on the Internet, design of an e-commerce website interface has become an important topic in practices. In general, design of e-commerce website’s feature is almost similar, but the website’s interface is still diversified. Research on user’s cognitive, attitudes, and usage effectiveness calls the attensions from the academics and practices. Although a lot of papers have been spent on the discussions about the design of e-commerce website in the field of information management research, few of them m
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Guey-Hwa, Su, and 蘇桂華. "A Study of the Relationship of Elementary School Students’ Internet Usage Behavior and Attitude towards Learning." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34977347433416107441.

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碩士<br>高苑科技大學<br>資訊科技應用研究所<br>101<br>Under the Government, the Ministry of Education and civil organization promotion, the internet has become an integral part of the modern media. It's wild service and applications lead to students staying longer on the internet and ignore their responsibility. Therefore, the paper purpose is to understand the sixth-graders in an elementary school in Kaohsiung City during 2011 academic year about their behavior on Internet usage and their presentation on the attitude towards learning, disparity among various environments, and the relationship among the above f
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Chen, Shen-Yung, and 陳神勇. "A Study in Elementary School Teachers’ Usage and Attitudes towards Applied Network Instruction In PengHu." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49779246530891404363.

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碩士<br>國立臺南大學<br>教管所課程與教學澎湖碩士班<br>91<br>This study is designed to explore the current situation of elementary school teachers’ usage of network instruction and to examine the difference between their attitudes towards the new form of techno-instruction. In order to achieve the purposes and considering the characteristics of research questions and subjects, both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used for data collection. After the conceptualization of literature review, key concepts, research questions and themes merged, a relevant questionnaire was developed and given to 501 elementa
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Hung, Ying-Tzu, and 洪英慈. "The Study of Antecedents of Usage Behavior for Pirated Software: Four Dimensiosn of Attitudes toward Pirated Software." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12929271357761610009.

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碩士<br>國立東華大學<br>企業管理學系<br>99<br>The convenience of the Internet seems to provide an efficient means for computer users to download pirated software more easily than ever before. Business Software Alliances (2010) reported that about 43% of software in use was pirated. Such a rate of piracy leads to the estimated losses of US$514 million in 2009. According to the investigation, the phenomenon of software piracy is still a serious and unsolved problem worldwide. The previous research on pirated software focused primarily on the theory of reasoned action, the theory of planned behavior, or et
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Taneo, Zander Jennifer Taneo Zander, and Anna-Maria Mirkovic. "Personalized Advertising: Examining the Consumer Attitudes of Generation Z Towards Data Privacy and Personalization : A study of consumer attitudes towards the commercial usage of personal data." Thesis, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44082.

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Abstract Background The advancement of Internet technology and the ability of companies to process large amounts of information has made it possible for marketers to communicate with their customers through customized measures, namely personalized advertising. One of the primary aspects that differentiates personalized advertising from traditional advertising is the collection and use of consumers’ personal information, which have presented marketers with numerous benefits and opportunities. However, this has also raised concerns among consumers regarding their privacy and the handling of the
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Dwivedi, Y. K., Nripendra P. Rana, A. Jeyaraj, M. Clement, and M. D. Williams. "Re-examining the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT): Towards a Revised Theoretical Model." 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17476.

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Yes<br>Based on a critical review of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), this study first formalized an alternative theoretical model for explaining the acceptance and use of information system (IS) and information technology (IT) innovations. The revised theoretical model was then empirically examined using a combination of meta-analysis and structural equation modelling (MASEM) techniques. The meta-analysis was based on 1600 observations on 21 relationships coded from 162 prior studies on IS/IT acceptance and use. The SEM analysis showed that attitude: was central
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Huang, Shu-jue, and 黃淑珠. "A Study of Examining Students’ Literacy, Usage and Attitudes towards Internet for Vocational High School Students." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25303004259412183994.

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碩士<br>淡江大學<br>教育科技學系<br>88<br>The purpose of this study was to investigate vocational high school students’ attitudes , literacy and usage towards Internet. The independent variables were students’ majors, gender, computer facilities and resources, prior experience of using computers and hours per week of surfing Internet. Questionnaires were given to three hundreds and forty three students selected from four vocational high schools, located in Taipei area, Taiwan. Data were analyzed through t-tests , one-way ANOVA and Pearson product-moment correlation. This research findings showe
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Nkuna, Tintswalo. "Maternal attitudes of black women towards condom usage by their teenagers in light of HIV and AIDS." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/13156.

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Eng, Khai-Jin, and 應凱仁. "A Study of Hakka Undergraduate Students’ Behaviors and Attitudes toward Language Usage: The Cases of Chung Shan Medical University." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64842119361870871562.

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碩士<br>國立高雄師範大學<br>客家文化研究所<br>99<br>The present paper is a subsequent extended elaboration of a National Science Council research project, entitled “Medical Students’ and medical personnel’s usage of and attitudes toward minority languages-- the cases of Chung Shan Medical University.”, which was conducted from June 2006 to February 2007. In the present paper, with the data collected for the aforementioned NSC research project being thoroughly reexamined and reanalyzed, we aim to discuss the language usage of and attitudes toward Hakka language by probing the questionnaire responses made by the
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Lan, Shu-Mei, and 藍淑玫. "The Study of Internet Usage Behaviors,Personal Social Relationships and Attitudes toward Internet Friendship for Junior High School Students." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46543069838295169845.

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碩士<br>大葉大學<br>教育專業發展研究所碩士在職專班<br>99<br>The purposes of the study were to investigate the correlations and the differences among junior high school students’ internet usage behaviors, personal social relationships and their attitudes toward internet friendship. In addition, this study would also predict the attitudes toward internet friendship based on the students’ personal social relationships. The participants were 546 students randomly selected from 6 junior high schools in Chang-Hua County. The questionnaire was consisted of four parts: personal information (gender, grader, and caregiver),
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Maduku, Daniel Kofi. "Understanding retail bank customers’ attitude towards and usage of cell phone and internet banking services in Gauteng, South Africa." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8029.

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M.Comm.<br>This dissertation reports on the findings of a study conducted in order to understand the factors that impact on retail bank customers‘ attitudes towards and usage of internet and cell phone banking services in Gauteng, South Africa. A conceptual model based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) plus other variables including trust, subjective norm and demographic variables was used to help understand factors that impact on adoption of electronic banking. Data was collected from customers of the four biggest banks in South Africa namely ABSA, Standard Bank, First National Bank an
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Ngcobo, Sandiso. "IsiZulu-speaking educators' attitudes towards the role of isiZulu in education in Durban." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3337.

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The South African Schools Act (1996) is now in place to allow the governing bodies to decide on language policies for their schools. This has come about as a means to redress the past situation whereby policies were imposed upon schools. The most affected groups of people were Africans since those policies were designed with the sole aim of undermining their home languages. The only two languages that were promoted at all cost were English and Afrikaans. These languages were also used as languages of learning and instructions. This had detrimental effects on the school results of black childre
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Chiu, Lee Wen, and 邱莉雯. "Parental Attitudes Toward Children’s Usage of Tablet PC in Early Childhood -A Case Study of Government Employee and School Staff." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57103155019234034486.

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碩士<br>國立聯合大學<br>資訊與社會研究所<br>101<br>Nowadays digital products have become the mainstream of the technology trend. Tablet PC plays an important role between parents and children. The purposes of this study are to understand:1. The first goal was to show the situation how young children involve in a Tablet PC. 2. The second goal was to present the parent-child interaction of those children who used Tablet PCs often. 3. The third goal was to find out what are the right parental attitudes when they faced new Tablet PC technology. This study was qualitative research. The purposive sampling was used
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HSU, Chun-Kuei, and 許峻魁. "A Study of Teenagers’ Usage and Attitudes toward Text-Speak Language: Using High School Students in Kinmen County as an Example." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79943207853561391878.

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碩士<br>玄奘大學<br>資訊傳播研究所<br>98<br>The prosperity of Internet has rapidly changed people’s communication patterns, and keeping in touch with others through MSN or Yahoo Instant Messenger has become a norm. Unlike talking face-to-face or over the phones, Internet language, or the so- called “text-speak” language, which combines texts; symbols, and pictures, has been developed for the purpose of quick conversation. Despite the fact that mass media and scholars have been criticizing the text-speak language for possibly causing cognitive difficulty, teenagers still adopt this language style in their
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Peng, Shu-Chen, and 彭淑珍. "The Cognition and Attitudes of Elementary School Students toward Mobile Phone usage - A case of Happy Elementary School in Taipei City." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3yq726.

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碩士<br>臺北市立大學<br>歷史與地理學系社會科教學碩士學位班<br>105<br>This research aims to investigate the current state of the usage of mobile phones, and the cognition and attitudes of elementary shchool students toward mobile phones usage . The subjects of this study are Happy Elementary school students in Taipei city, and a self-designed questionnaire named ”The Cognition and Attitudes of Elementary School Students toward Mobile Phone usage - A case of Happy Elementary School in Taipei City.” All of the subjects are collected Random sampling in middle and high grade students in Happy elementary school. There ar
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Crossley, Susan L. "The syntactic features of South African Indian English among students in Natal, with regard to use and attitudes towards usage." Thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9684.

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Two tests were developed and administered to 122 South African students of Indian descent and 70 South African students of European descent. One test elicited use of certain syntactic constructions through requesting subjects to make specified grammatical changes to verbally presented sentences. The other test elicited attitudes regarding acceptability and beliefs about own and others' use of nonstandard syntactic forms. In both cases, test items were based on non-standard syntactic forms reported to occur in the speech of Indian South Africans. Results were analysed statistically and on the b
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Hart, Samantha. "Investigating the relationship between attitudes towards tablet usage, access, learning styles, motivation and learner achievement in a blended learning environment." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21840.

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A research project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in Social and Psychological Research in the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. 2016<br>The use of various information technologies in education is becoming more prevalent due to the fact that they are thought to have several advantages over traditional pen and paper as well as the fact that they are seen as a means to decrease the digital divide and ensure equal access to educational resources. In South Africa, initiatives such as the Smart Schools program aim to mak
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陳惠娟. "The Impact of Parents’ Working Pressure on Their Children’s Well-Being: Parent’s Attitude towards Children’s 3C Products Usage and Parents-Children Relationship as Mediators." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/v7ndrp.

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碩士<br>建國科技大學<br>數位媒體設計系暨媒體與遊戲設計研究所<br>105<br>This study was to explore the effects of work related stress of 1st and 2nd graders’ parents on the sense of well-being, and to discuss the possibility of taking “parents’ attitude towards children’s using 3C products” and “parent-children relationship” as the mediators. The subjects were parents of 1st and 2nd graders in an elementary school in Changhua City. Questionnaire survey was adopted for data collection. 520 copies of questionnaire were delivered by using purposeful sampling, with 486 valid samples collected. The collected data were analyze
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WU, PEI-CHEN, and 吳佩真. "A Study of the Relation among Parental Attitudes toward Children’s Network Using, Network Usage Behavior and Parent-Child Relationship – Based on the Elementary Schools in Keelung City." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5444zd.

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碩士<br>中華科技大學<br>經營管理研究所<br>104<br>The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation among parental attitudes toward children’s network using, network usage behavior and parent-child relationship in elementary school. Based on the questionnaire survey method, “questionnaires of parental attitudes toward children’s network using and parent-child relationship” was administered to third and sixth graders’ parents in public elementary schools in Keelung City. The total valid samples were 413 and the effective rate was 85.6%. The data was analyzed in several statistical methods such as descr
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Lan, Tsai Chin, and 蔡金蘭. "Study on the Knowledge , Attitude and Behavior of General People towards Energy Usage - Case Studies of Residents in Changhua,s Yuanlin Township and in Yunlin,s Kouhu Township." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75099744353997328130.

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碩士<br>大葉大學<br>工學院碩士在職專班<br>100<br>The main purpose of this study is to understand the situation and discuss the differences of the residents’ knowledge, the attitude and the behavior on energy consumption in both Yuanlin, Chunghwa and Kohu, Yunlin. Further, this study is to analyze the relationship of the residents’ knowledge, the attitude and the behavior on energy usage between the cities and the countryside. It is aimed to be the reference for the government to advance the correlative policy of power consumption and to advance the residents’ knowledge, the attitude and the behavior on ener
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