The Importance of Teachers’ Need for Cognition in Their Use of Technology in Mathematics Instruction

Frontiers in Psychology

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Lukasz Tanas¹  Katarzyna Winkowska-Nowak¹  Katarzyna Pobiega² 

[1] Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities;Institute of Food Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

关键词: ICT;    need for cognition;    teachers self-efficacy;    technology acceptance;    burnout;    supervisor support;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00259

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Modern technology offers an increasing number of tools for teaching mathematics, but technology adoption in schools encounters many barriers. The Technology Acceptance Model explains that technology usage is dependent on intentions, which rest on perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness. Less is known about the relationship between intentions and actual behavior. In the current study we show that the level of cognitive investment on the part of the teachers, captured by the construct of Need for Cognition (NC), is crucial in the use of technology in mathematical instruction, while controlling for a variety of background factors. Furthermore NC moderates the relationship between intentions and technology use, such that high NC weakens the relationship between the perceived usefulness of technology in pedagogy and its actual use.

【 授权许可】

CC BY