Share Paper: Toward Improving Preservice Teachers’ Intention to Use Technology in their Future Classroom: Examining the Effect of Project-based Learning on Students’ Attitude Change

1. Mohamed Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University, United States
2. Rebecca Callaway, Arkansas Tech University, United States

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of project-based learning (PBL) on changing preservice teachers’ intention to use technology in their future classroom. By utilizing theory of planned behavior (TPB), the researchers used a mixed method to identify the strength of the effect that PBL has on preservice teachers’ attitudinal beliefs, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control leading to change in their intention to use technology. Participants were 36 preservice teachers enrolled in one graduate section and two undergraduate in a required technology integration course in a Midwest university. Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to develop ...