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Revisiting the effects of project-based learning on students’ academic achievement: A meta-analysis investigating moderators
Cheng-Huan Chen; Yong-Cih Yang
Educational Research Review Vol. 26, No. 1 (February 2019) pp. 71–81
Project-based learning is generally considered an alternative to traditional, teacher-led instruction. However, there is a noticeable lack of meta-analyses with regard to determining its overall effects on students' academic achievement, and what...
Language: English
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The effect of simulation games on the learning of computational problem solving
Chen-Chung Liu; Yuan-Bang Cheng; Chia-Wen Huang
Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 3 (November 2011) pp. 1907–1918
Simulation games are now increasingly applied to many subject domains as they allow students to engage in discovery processes, and may facilitate a flow learning experience. However, the relationship between learning experiences and problem solving...
Language: English
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The input-interface of Webcam applied in 3D virtual reality systems
Huey-Min Sun; Wen-Lin Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 4 (December 2009) pp. 1231–1240
Our research explores a virtual reality application based on Web camera (Webcam) input-interface. The interface can replace with the mouse to control direction intention of a user by the method of frame difference. We divide a frame into nine grids...
Language: English
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E-Homebook System: A web-based interactive education interface
Hsi-mei Chen; Cris Yu; Cheng-sian Chang
Computers & Education Vol. 49, No. 2 (September 2007) pp. 160–175
Children’s academic performance and social competence in school is positively associated with parent involvement. However, the researches about educational learning models often ignore the parent part. Moreover, Internet forms a new paradigm,...
Language: English
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A study on learning effect among different learning styles in a Web-based lab of science for elementary school students
Koun-tem Sun; Yuan-cheng Lin; Chia-jui Yu
Computers & Education Vol. 50, No. 4 (May 2008) pp. 1411–1422
The purpose of this study is to explore the learning effect related to different learning styles in a Web-based virtual science laboratory for elementary school students. The online virtual lab allows teachers to integrate information and...
Language: English
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Being polite while fulfilling different discourse functions in online classroom discussions
Diane L. Schallert; Yueh-hui Vanessa Chiang; Yangjoo Park; Michelle E. Jordan; Haekyung Lee; An-Chih Janne Cheng; Hsiang-Ning Rebecca Chu; SoonAh Lee; Taehee Kim; Kwangok Song
Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 713–725
Using a discourse analytic qualitative approach, we investigated the naturally-occurring discourse that arose as part of two kinds of regular course activities, synchronous and asynchronous computer-mediated discussions. The messages contributed by...
Language: English
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The effects of organizational learning environment factors on e-learning acceptance
Bo Cheng; Minhong Wang; Jürgen Moormann; Bolanle A. Olaniran; Nian-Shing Chen
Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 3 (April 2012) pp. 885–899
Workplace learning is an important means of employees’ continuous learning and professional development. E-learning is being recognized as an important supportive practice for learning at work. Current research on the success factors of e-learning...
Language: English
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Understanding the ways in which design features of educational websites impact upon student learning outcomes in blended learning environments
David Kember; Carmel McNaught; Fanny C.Y. Chong; Paul Lam; K.F. Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 3 (November 2010) pp. 1183–1192
This study investigated the effectiveness, in terms of the attainment of relevant learning outcomes, of the types of learning promoted by educational features commonly incorporated in course management systems. Twenty-one courses with significant...
Language: English
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The study on integrating WebQuest with mobile learning for environmental education
Cheng-Sian Chang; Tzung-Shi Chen; Wei-Hsiang Hsu
Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 1 (August 2011) pp. 1228–1239
This study is to demonstrate the impact of different teaching strategies on the learning performance of environmental education using quantitative methods. Students learned about resource recycling and classification through an instructional website ...
Language: English
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Acceptance of competency-based workplace e-learning systems: Effects of individual and peer learning support
Bo Cheng; Minhong Wang; Stephen J.H. Yang; Kinshuk; Jun Peng
Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 1 (August 2011) pp. 1317–1333
Current endeavors to integrate competency-based learning approaches with e-learning systems designed for delivery of training to adult learners in the workplace are growing. However, academic efforts in examining learners’ perceptions of, and...
Language: English
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EFL learners’ use of online reading strategies and comprehension of texts: An exploratory study
Hsin-chou Huang; Chiou-lan Chern; Chih-cheng Lin
Computers & Education Vol. 52, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 13–26
This study investigated EFL learners’ online reading strategies and the effects of strategy use on comprehension. To fulfill the purposes of this study, a Web-based reading program, English Reading Online, was created. Thirty applied English majors, ...
Language: English
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The design of instructional multimedia in e-Learning: A Media Richness Theory-based approach
Pei-Chen Sun; Hsing Kenny Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 49, No. 3 (November 2007) pp. 662–676
The rapid development of computer and Internet technologies has made e-Learning become an important learning method. There has been a considerable increase in the needs for multimedia instructional material in e-Learning recently as such content has ...
Language: English
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Web-based undergraduate chemistry problem-solving: The interplay of task performance, domain knowledge and web-searching strategies
Hsiao-Ching She; Meng-Tzu Cheng; Ta-Wei Li; Chia-Yu Wang; Hsin-Tien Chiu; Pei-Zon Lee; Wen-Chi Chou; Ming-Hua Chuang
Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 2 (September 2012) pp. 750–761
This study investigates the effect of Web-based Chemistry Problem-Solving, with the attributes of Web-searching and problem-solving scaffolds, on undergraduate students' problem-solving task performance. In addition, the nature and extent of Web...
Language: English
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The role of perceived user-interface design in continued usage intention of self-paced e-learning tools
Vincent Cho; T.C. Edwin Cheng; W.M. Jennifer Lai
Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 2 (September 2009) pp. 216–227
While past studies on user-interface design focused on a particular system or application using the experimental approach, we propose a theoretical model to assess the impact of perceived user-interface design (PUID) on continued usage intention ...
Language: English
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Effectiveness of a Mobile Plant Learning System in a science curriculum in Taiwanese elementary education
Yueh-Min Huang; Yen-Ting Lin; Shu-Chen Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 47–58
This study developed a Mobile Plant Learning System (MPLS) that provides instructors with the ways and means to facilitate student learning in an elementary-school-level botany course. The MPLS represented in this study was implemented to address...
Language: English
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A design to promote group learning in e-learning: Experiences from the field
Pei-Chen Sun; Hsing Kenny Cheng; Tung-Chin Lin; Feng-Sheng Wang
Computers & Education Vol. 50, No. 3 (April 2008) pp. 661–677
The Internet enables learners to be brought together where they can cooperate in learning in groups without space and time limitations. It is, however, quite a challenge to form ideal groups in a short time and ensure satisfactory interaction for...
Language: English
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Using the saliency-based model to design a digital archaeological game to motivate players' intention to visit the digital archives of Taiwan's natural science museum
Jon-Chao Hong; Ming-Yueh Hwang; Yu-Ju Chen; Pei-Hsin Lin; Yao-Tien Huang; Hao-Yueh Cheng; Chih-Chin Lee
Computers & Education Vol. 66, No. 1 (August 2013) pp. 74–82
Museums in Taiwan have developed various digital archives, but few people have visited these digital archives. Therefore, this study designed a digital archaeology game for high school students to play. Based on the concept of “learning for playing” ...
Language: English
Topics: Museums
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Gender differences in cognitive load and competition anxiety affect 6th grade students' attitude toward playing and intention to play at a sequential or synchronous game
Ming-Yueh Hwang; Jon-Chao Hong; Hao-Yueh Cheng; Yu-Chi Peng; Nien-Chen Wu
Computers & Education Vol. 60, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 254–263
Do girls have more competition anxiety and exogenous cognitive load than equally able boys during the playing of stressful competitive on-line games? This question led to the adoption of a technology acceptance model to compare the influence factors ...
Language: English
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An investigation of Taiwan University students' perceptions of online academic help seeking, and their web-based learning self-efficacy
Kun-Hung Cheng; Chin-Chung Tsai
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 14, No. 3 (July 2011) pp. 150–157
This study was conducted to investigate Taiwan University students' perceptions (including experience, confidence and preference) of online academic help seeking (OAHS) and students' level of web-based learning self-efficacy (WLSE). Two instruments, ...
Language: English
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Evaluating the reliability and impact of a quality assurance system for E-learning courseware
Yao-Ting Sung; Kuo-En Chang; Wen-Cheng Yu
Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 2 (September 2011) pp. 1615–1627
Assuring e-learning quality is of interest worldwide. This paper introduces the methods of e-learning courseware quality assurance (a quality certification system) adopted by the eLQSC (e-Learning Quality Service Centre) in Taiwan. A sequential...
Language: English
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Development and evaluation of a Web 2.0 annotation system as a learning tool in an e-learning environment
Yu-Chien Chen; Ren-Hung Hwang; Cheng-Yu Wang
Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 4 (May 2012) pp. 1094–1105
The emergence of Web 2.0 technology provides more opportunities to foster online communication and sharing in an e-learning environment. The purpose of this study was to develop a Web 2.0 annotation system, MyNote, based on the Web 2.0 core concepts ...
Language: English
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Are you ready for knowledge sharing? An empirical study of virtual communities
Shiu-Wan Hung; Min-Jhih Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 62, No. 1 (March 2013) pp. 8–17
This study aimed to explore the relationship between knowledge sharing intentions and the perceptions of individual technology users who are members of virtual communities. We characterized learners' perceptions of new technological products or...
Language: English
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An integrated decision model for evaluating educational web sites from the fuzzy subjective and objective perspectives
Tony Cheng-Kui Huang; Chih-Hong Huang
Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 2 (September 2010) pp. 616–629
With advances in information and network technologies, lots of data have been digitized to reveal information for users by the construction of Web sites. Unfortunately, they are both overloading and overlapping in Internet so that users cannot...
Language: English
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Model of conceptual change for INQPRO: A Bayesian Network approach
Choo-Yee Ting; Yok-Cheng Sam; Chee-Onn Wong
Computers & Education Vol. 65, No. 1 (July 2013) pp. 77–91
Constructing a computational model of conceptual change for a computer-based scientific inquiry learning environment is difficult due to two challenges: (i) externalizing the variables of conceptual change and its related variables is difficult. In...
Language: English
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Online formative assessments with social network awareness
Jian-Wei Lin; Yuan-Cheng Lai
Computers & Education Vol. 66, No. 1 (August 2013) pp. 40–53
Social network awareness (SNA) has been used extensively as one of the strategies to increase knowledge sharing and collaboration opportunities. However, most SNA studies either focus on being aware of peer's knowledge context or on social context....
Language: English
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An adaptive testing system for supporting versatile educational assessment
Yueh-Min Huang; Yen-Ting Lin; Shu-Chen Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 52, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 53–67
With the rapid growth of computer and mobile technology, it is a challenge to integrate computer based test (CBT) with mobile learning (m-learning) especially for formative assessment and self-assessment. In terms of self-assessment, computer...
Language: English
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An intelligent learning diagnosis system for Web-based thematic learning platform
Chenn-Jung Huang; Ming-Chou Liu; San-Shine Chu; Chih-Lun Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 48, No. 4 (May 2007) pp. 658–679
This work proposes an intelligent learning diagnosis system that supports a Web-based thematic learning model, which aims to cultivate learners’ ability of knowledge integration by giving the learners the opportunities to select the learning topics...
Language: English
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Flexible and secure computer-based assessment using a single zip disk
C.C. Ko; C.D. Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 50, No. 3 (April 2008) pp. 915–926
Electronic examination systems, which include Internet-based system, require extremely complicated installation, configuration and maintenance of software as well as hardware. In this paper, we present the design and development of a flexible, easy...
Language: English
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LIM-G: Learner-initiating instruction model based on cognitive knowledge for geometry word problem comprehension
Wing-Kwong Wong; Sheng-Cheng Hsu; Shih-Hung Wu; Cheng-Wei Lee; Wen-Lian Hsu
Computers & Education Vol. 48, No. 4 (May 2007) pp. 582–601
Computer-assisted instruction systems have been broadly applied to help students solve math word problem. The majority of such systems, which are based on an instructor-initiating instruction strategy, provide pre-designed problems for the learners. ...
Language: English
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Intelligent preference selection model based on NRE for evaluating student learning achievement
Yao-Hsien Chen; Ching-Hsue Cheng; Jing-Wei Liu
Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 4 (May 2010) pp. 916–926
In order to evaluate student learning achievement, several aspects should be considered, such as exercises, examinations, and observations. Traditionally, such an evaluation calculates a final score using a weighted average method after awarding...
Language: English
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Toward interactive mobile synchronous learning environment with context-awareness service
Yueh-Min Huang; Yen-Hung Kuo; Yen-Ting Lin; Shu-Chen Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 51, No. 3 (November 2008) pp. 1205–1226
Mobile synchronous learning is a new challenge in the e-learning domain. While popular mobile communication devices, such as cell phones, cannot directly accommodate traditional synchronous content due to the major limitation of display size, other...
Language: English
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Exploring the cognitive loads of high-school students as they learn concepts in web-based environments
Cheng-Chieh Chang; Fang-Ying Yang
Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 2 (September 2010) pp. 673–680
This study measured high-school learners' cognitive load as they interacted with different web-based curriculum components, and examined the interactions between cognitive load and web-based concept learning. Participants in this study were 105 11th ...
Language: English
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Employing a structured interface to advance primary students' communicative competence in a text-based computer mediated environment
Chiung-Hui Chiu; Chiu-Yi Wu; Sheng-Jieh Hsieh; Hsiao-Wei Cheng; Chung-Kai Huang
Computers & Education Vol. 60, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 347–356
This study investigated whether a structured communication interface fosters primary students' communicative competence in a synchronous typewritten computer-mediated collaborative learning environment. The structured interface provided a set of...
Language: English
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Augmenting paper-based reading activity with direct access to digital materials and scaffolded questioning
Nian-Shing Chen; Daniel Chia-En Teng; Cheng-Han Lee; Kinshuk
Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 2 (September 2011) pp. 1705–1715
Comprehension is the goal of reading. However, students often encounter reading difficulties due to the lack of background knowledge and proper reading strategy. Unfortunately, print text provides very limited assistance to one’s reading...
Language: English
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Design of affectively evocative smart ambient media for learning
Ron, Chi-Wai Kwok; Shuk Han Cheng; Horace Ho-Shing Ip; Joseph, Siu-Lung Kong
Computers & Education Vol. 56, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 101–111
This study proposes a teaching and research initiative, named SAMAL (Smart AMbience for Affective Learning) that will provide a unique ambient mediated environment for integrating cognitive and affective approaches to enhance learning. Also, this...
Language: English
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Use of BBS to facilitate a teaching practicum course
Cheng-Chih Wu; Greg C Lee
Computers & Education Vol. 32, No. 3 (1999) pp. 239–247
In this paper, a study on using the electronic bulletin board system (BBS) in promoting reflective thinking among student teachers in a teaching practicum course is presented. With the aid of BBS, student teachers have opportunities to exchange...
Language: English
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Effects of class size on alternative educational outcomes across disciplines
Dorothy A. Cheng
Economics of Education Review Vol. 30, No. 5 (October 2011) pp. 980–990
This is the first study to use self-reported ratings of student learning, instructor recommendations, and course recommendations as the outcome measure to estimate class size effects, doing so across 24 disciplines. Fixed-effects models controlling...
Language: English
Topics: Computer Sciences
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Is learner self-assessment reliable and valid in a Web-based portfolio environment for high school students?
Chi-Cheng Chang; Chaoyun Liang; Yi-Hui Chen
Computers & Education Vol. 60, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 325–334
This study explored the reliability and validity of Web-based portfolio self-assessment. Participants were 72 senior high school students enrolled in a computer application course. The students created learning portfolios, viewed peers' work, and...
Language: English
Topics: Assessment
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Accumulating and visualising tacit knowledge of teachers on educational assessments
Tzone-I. Wang; Chien-Yuan Su; Tung-Cheng Hsieh
Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 4 (December 2011) pp. 2212–2223
Assessments, embedded with teachers’ implicit (i.e. tacit) domain knowledge, play an important role in evaluating ’comprehension of a subject. The knowledge on the importance of both the concepts and their relationships of a subject, if captured,...
Language: English
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A Symbiosis Between Instructional Systems Design and Project Management
Cheng-Chang Pan; Cheng-Chang Pan
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 38, No. 1 (Feb 22, 2012)
This study is intended to explore a complementary relationship between instructional systems design (ISD) and project management in an attempt to build a plausible case for integrating project management as a distinct course in the core of the...
Language: English Translations: English, français, langue française/French
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A fit-gap analysis of e-business curricula and job demand in Taiwan and the US
Eldon Y. Li; H.J. Rebecca Yen; C.Y. John Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 51, No. 3 (November 2008) pp. 969–987
During the past decade, many enterprises have been re-directing their resources into critical business areas to keep up with economic and market changes. They have adopted electronic business (EB) systems, such as supply chain management, enterprise ...
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What influences college students to continue using business simulation games? The Taiwan experience
Yu-Hui Tao; Chieh-Jen Cheng; Szu-Yuan Sun
Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 929–939
Previous studies have pointed out that computer games could improve students’ motivation to learn, but these studies have mostly targeted teachers or students in elementary and secondary education and are without user adoption models. Because...
Language: English
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Environmental design for a structured network learning society
Ben Chang; Nien-Heng Cheng; Yi-Chan Deng; Tak-Wai Chan
Computers & Education Vol. 48, No. 2 (February 2007) pp. 234–249
Social interactions profoundly impact the learning processes of learners in traditional societies. The rapid rise of the Internet using population has been the establishment of numerous different styles of network communities. Network societies form ...
Language: English
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Unlocking conceptual learning in mathematics and science with effective representational systems
Peter C.-H Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 33, No. 2 (1999) pp. 109–130
The representational analysis and design project is investigating the critical role that representations have on conceptual learning in complex scientific and mathematical domains. The fundamental ideas are that the representations used for learning ...
Language: English
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Is single or dual channel with different English proficiencies better for English listening comprehension, cognitive load and attitude in ubiquitous learning environment?
Chi-Cheng Chang; Kuo-Hung Tseng; Ju-Shih Tseng
Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 4 (December 2011) pp. 2313–2321
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of English proficiency (low vs. high) and material presentation mode (single channel vs. dual channel) on English listening comprehension, cognitive load and learning attitude in a...
Language: English
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Learning and diagnosis of individual and class conceptual perspectives: an intelligent systems approach using clustering techniques
Shein-Yung Cheng; Chia-Sheng Lin; Hsien-Hsun Chen; Jia-Sheng Heh
Computers & Education Vol. 44, No. 3 (April 2005) pp. 257–283
In a classroom, a teacher attempts to convey his or her knowledge to the students, and thus it is important for the teacher to obtain formative feedback about how well students are understanding the new material. By gaining insight into the students'...
Language: English
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Creativity of student information system projects: From the perspective of network embeddedness
Heng-Li Yang; Hsiu-Hua Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 209–221
Many companies have pursued innovation to obtain a competitive edge. Thus, educational reform focuses mainly on training creative students. This study adopted the concept of an affiliated network of projects to investigate how project embeddedness...
Language: English
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What affect student cognitive style in the development of hypermedia learning system?
Catherine Hui Min Lee; Yuk Wing Cheng; Shri Rai; Arnold Depickere
Computers & Education Vol. 45, No. 1 (August 2005) pp. 1–19
Recent developments in learning technology such as hypermedia is becoming widespread and offer significant contribution to improve the delivery of learning and teaching materials. A key factor in the development of hypermedia learning system is...
Language: English
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Equal opportunity tactic: Redesigning and applying competition games in classrooms
Hercy N.H. Cheng; Winston M.C. Wu; Calvin C.Y. Liao; Tak-Wai Chan
Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 866–876
Competition, despite its potential drawbacks, is an easily adopted and frequently used motivator in classrooms. Individual abilities, in the years of schooling, are inevitably different, and performance in competition is heavily ability dependent,...
Language: English
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A comparative analysis of the consistency and difference among teacher-assessment, student self-assessment and peer-assessment in a Web-based portfolio assessment environment for high school students
Chi-Cheng Chang; Kuo-Hung Tseng; Shi-Jer Lou
Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 1 (January 2012) pp. 303–320
This study explored the consistency and difference of teacher-, student self- and peer-assessment in the context of Web-based portfolio assessment. Participants were 72 senior high school students enrolled in a computer application course. Through...
Language: English