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User Centric Design and Implementation of a Digital Historic Costume Collection
Kathi Martin; Xia Lin; Lois Lunin
Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting Vol. 40 (2003) pp. 280–90
Reports on the human factors considered in the design and implementation of a digital museum for historic costume. Starting with an elicitation and analysis of the qualitative and functional needs of its users, an evolutionary prototype was...
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Mastery Testing and Student Learning: A Meta-Analysis
Chen-Lin C. Kulik; James A. Kulik
Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 15, No. 3 (1987) pp. 325–45
This meta-analysis of 49 comparative studies shows that mastery testing has positive effects on student learning, but the size of effect depends on the stringency of the criterion used and the degree of experimental control. The effects of...
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Effectiveness of Various Enhancement Strategies to Complement Animated Instruction: A Meta-Analytic Assessment
Huifen Lin; Yu-Hui Ching; Fengfeng Ke; Francis Dwyer
Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 35, No. 2 (2007) pp. 215–237
Animation of various types has been used increasingly in different disciplines in computer-based learning environments to facilitate achievements of different kinds of learning objectives. However, the result of empirical animation studies has been...
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An Instructional Design Using the Virtual Ecological Pond for Science Education in Elementary Schools
Wernhuar Tarng; Kuo-Liang Ou; Wen-Shin Tsai; Yu-Si Lin; Chen-Kai Hsu
Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 38, No. 4 (2010) pp. 385–406
Ecological ponds can be a good teaching tool for science teachers, but they must be built and maintained properly to provide students with a safe and suitable learning environment. However, many schools do not have the ability to build and maintain...
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Using Research-Based Video-Cases to Help Pre-Service Primary Teachers Conceptualize a Contemporary View of Mathematics Teaching
Pi-Jen Lin
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 2005) pp. 351–377
The study inquired into the effect of research-based video-cases on pre-service teachers conceptualizing their understanding of contemporary mathematics teaching. The 43 participants enrolled in a Mathematics Method Course viewed and discussed 5...
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Cognitive Load for Configuration Comprehension in Computer-Supported Geometry Problem Solving: An Eye Movement Perspective
John Jr-Hung Lin; Sunny S. J. Lin
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Vol. 12, No. 3 (June 2014) pp. 605–627
The present study investigated (a) whether the perceived cognitive load was different when geometry problems with various levels of configuration comprehension were solved and (b) whether eye movements in comprehending geometry problems showed...
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A Diagnostic-Remediation Teaching System for Enhancing Elementary Students' Science Listening Comprehension
Sheau-Wen Lin; Yu Liu
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Vol. 15, No. 8 (2017) pp. 1485–1500
The purpose of this study was to explore elementary students' listening comprehension changes using a Web-based teaching system that can diagnose and remediate students' science listening comprehension problems during scientific inquiry. The 3...
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The Literacy Component of Mathematical and Scientific Literacy
Larry D. Yore; David Pimm; Hsiao-Lin Tuan
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Vol. 5, No. 4 (December 2007) pp. 559–589
This opening article of the Special Issue makes an argument for parallel definitions of scientific literacy and mathematical literacy that have shared features: importance of general cognitive and metacognitive abilities and reasoning/thinking and...
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A 3-D Virtual Reality Model of the Sun and the Moon for E-Learning at Elementary Schools
Koun-Tem Sun; Ching-Ling Lin; Sheng-Min Wang
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Vol. 8, No. 4 (August 2010) pp. 689–710
The relative positions of the sun, moon, and earth, their movements, and their relationships are abstract and difficult to understand astronomical concepts in elementary school science. This study proposes a three-dimensional (3-D) virtual reality ...
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More than a Network: Building Professional Communities for Educational Improvement
Jonathan R. Dolle; Louis M. Gomez; Jennifer Lin Russell; Anthony S. Bryk
Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education Vol. 112, No. 2 (2013) pp. 443–463
This chapter is a case study of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's Pathways [TM] program. The goal of the Statway [Registered Trademark] and Quantway [Registered Trademark] pathways is to improve the success rate of...
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Effect of Varied Animated Enhancement Strategies in Facilitating Achievement of Different Educational Objectives
Lin-Chih-Lung ; Francis Dwyer
International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 31, No. 2 (Mar 22, 2004)
The purpose of this study was to examine the instructional effectiveness of computer animated instruction, complemented by varied types of instructional strategies (advance organizers and adjunct questions and feedback) on learner achievement of...
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Navigation Maps in Hierarchical-Structured Hypertext Courseware
Chien Chou; Hua Lin; Chuen-Tsai Sun
International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 27, No. 2 (2000) pp. 165–82
Describes a study of college freshmen that investigated the effects of navigation maps on search performance, browsing behavior, and cognitive map development within hierarchical-structured hypertext courseware. Results of analysis of variance...
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Coral-View: A Network-Based Design Environment for Collaborative Learning
Chuen-Tsai Sun; Sunny S. J. Lin
International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 31, No. 2 (Mar 22, 2004)
The vast majority of complex engineering tasks in today's business world are completed using a team-oriented approach. Therefore, teaching collaborative skills to university students can be viewed as a practical means of enhancing their...
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Creating Student-Centered Learning Experience through the Assistance of High-End Technology in Physical Education: A Case Study
Lin Wang; Deborah L. Myers; Martha J. Yanes
Journal of Instructional Psychology Vol. 37, No. 4 (2010) pp. 352–356
Student-centered learning is an approach in education focusing on the needs of the students, rather than those of others involved in the educational process, such as teachers and administrators (Blumberg, 2009). This approach has many implications...
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Perceiving Affordances for Fitting through Apertures
Shaziela Ishak; Karen E. Adolph; Grace C. Lin
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance Vol. 34, No. 6 (December 2008) pp. 1501–1514
Affordances--possibilities for action--are constrained by the match between actors and their environments. For motor decisions to be adaptive, affordances must be detected accurately. Three experiments examined the correspondence between motor...
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Instructional Note: "E" for "Ease" in E-Grading
Lin A. Ryan-Thompson
Teaching English in the Two-Year College Vol. 32, No. 4 (May 2005) pp. 390–392
Grading essays and research papers can be the most trying part of any writing instructor's job. Fitting corrections, suggestions, and notes between double-spaced lines of text and into margins often creates a legibility problem, which only worsens...
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Understanding E-Learning Continuance Intention: A Negative Critical Incidents Perspective
Kan-Min Lin; Nian-Shing Chen; Kwoting Fang
Behaviour & Information Technology Vol. 30, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 77–89
This study develops a model to examine the key drivers of users' continuance intention of e-learning, based on negative critical incidents (NCIs) standpoints. The developed research model is tested empirically using a field survey of 230 users. This ...
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Effects of Typographic Variables on Eye-Movement Measures in Reading Chinese from a Screen
Nai-Shing Yen; Jie-Li Tsai; Pei-Ling Chen; Hsuan-Yu Lin; Arbee L. P. Chen
Behaviour & Information Technology Vol. 30, No. 6 (2011) pp. 797–808
To investigate the most efficient way to represent text in reading Chinese on computer displays, three typographic variables, character size (41[feet] arc/24 pixels and 60[feet] arc/32 pixels), character spacing (1/4 and 1/8 character width) and...
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A Meta-Analysis Method to Advance Design of Technology-Based Learning Tool: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research to Understand Learning in Relation to Different Technology Features
Lin Zhang
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 23, No. 1 (February 2014) pp. 145–159
Educators design and create various technology tools to scaffold students' learning. As more and more technology designs are incorporated into learning, growing attention has been paid to the study of technology-based learning tool. This paper...
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Using Computers To Support a Beginning Teacher's Professional Development
Huann-shyang Lin; Houn-Lin Chiu
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 9, No. 4 (2000) pp. 367–73
Explores the efficacy of promoting a beginning chemistry teacher's curriculum development and teaching practices through the use of computers. Observes and analyzes the teacher's instructional practices both before and after the web site treatment...
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A Framework for Model-Based Inquiry through Agent-Based Programming
Lin Xiang; Cynthia Passmore
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 24, No. 2 (April 2015) pp. 311–329
There has been increased recognition in the past decades that model-based inquiry (MBI) is a promising approach for cultivating deep understandings by helping students unite phenomena and underlying mechanisms. Although multiple technology tools...
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The Development of an Instrument to Measure the Project Competences of College Students in Online Project-Based Learning
Chien-Liang Lin
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 27, No. 1 (2018) pp. 57–69
This study sought to develop a self-report instrument to be used in the assessment of the project competences of college students engaged in online project-based learning. Three scales of the KIPSSE instrument developed for this study, namely, the...
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Development and Evaluation of the Diagnostic Power for a Computer-Based Two-Tier Assessment
Jing-Wen Lin
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 25, No. 3 (2016) pp. 497–511
This study adopted a quasi-experimental design with follow-up interview to develop a computer-based two-tier assessment (CBA) regarding the science topic of electric circuits and to evaluate the diagnostic power of the assessment. Three assessment...
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Validation and Exploration of Instruments for Assessing Public Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Nanotechnology
Shu-Fen Lin; Huann-shyang Lin; Yi-ying Wu
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 22, No. 4 (August 2013) pp. 548–559
The purposes of this study were to develop instruments that assess public knowledge of nanotechnology (PKNT), public attitudes toward nanotechnology (PANT) and conduct a pilot study for exploring the relationship between PKNT and PANT. The PKNT test ...
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The Relationships between Epistemic Beliefs in Biology and Approaches to Learning Biology among Biology-Major University Students in Taiwan
Yi-Chun Lin; Jyh-Chong Liang; Chin-Chung Tsai
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 21, No. 6 (December 2012) pp. 796–807
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between students' epistemic beliefs in biology and their approaches to learning biology. To this end, two instruments, the epistemic beliefs in biology and the approaches to learning biology ...
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Determining Virtual Environment "Fit": The Relationship between Navigation Style in a Virtual Field Trip, Student Self-Reported Desire to Visit the Field Trip Site in the Real World, and the Purposes of Science Education
M Shane Tutwiler; Ming-Chao Lin; Chun-Yen Chang
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 22, No. 3 (June 2013) pp. 351–361
In this study, a follow-up analysis of the data reported in Lin et al. ("Learn Media Technol." doi: 10.1080/17439884.2011.629660 , 2011), we investigated the relationship between student use of a virtual field trip (VFT) system and the probability...
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The Role of Computer Simulation in an Inquiry-Based Learning Environment: Reconstructing Geological Events as Geologists
Li-Fen Lin; Ying-Shao Hsu; Yi-Fen Yeh
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 21, No. 3 (June 2012) pp. 370–383
Several researchers have investigated the effects of computer simulations on students' learning. However, few have focused on how simulations with authentic contexts influences students' inquiry skills. Therefore, for the purposes of this study, we...
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English for Scientific Purposes (EScP): Technology, Trends, and Future Challenges for Science Education
Gi-Zen Liu; Wan-Yu Chiu; Chih-Chung Lin; Neil E. Barrett
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 23, No. 6 (December 2014) pp. 827–839
To date, the concept of English for Specific Purposes has brought about a great impact on English language learning across various disciplines, including those in science education. Hence, this review paper aimed to address current English language...
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Science Teachers' Proficiency Levels and Patterns of TPACK in a Practical Context
Yi-Fen Yeh; Tzu-Chiang Lin; Ying-Shao Hsu; Hisn-Kai Wu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 24, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 78–90
Technological pedagogical content knowledge-practical (TPACK-P) refers to a unified body of knowledge that teachers develop from and for actual teaching practices with information communication technologies (ICT). This study attempted to unveil the...
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A Novice-Expert Study of Modeling Skills and Knowledge Structures about Air Quality
Ying-Shao Hsu; Li-Fen Lin; Hsin-Kai Wu; Dai-Ying Lee; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 21, No. 5 (October 2012) pp. 588–606
This study compared modeling skills and knowledge structures of four groups as seen in their understanding of air quality. The four groups were: experts (atmospheric scientists), intermediates (upper-level graduate students in a different field),...
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Identifying Science Teachers' Perceptions of Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK)
Tzu-Chiang Lin; Chin-Chung Tsai; Ching Sing Chai; Min-Hsien Lee
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 22, No. 3 (June 2013) pp. 325–336
The application of information and communication technology in instruction is highly emphasized in the contemporary education of science teachers. This paper hence aims to explore science teachers' perceptions of technological pedagogical content...
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The Impact of Congruency between Preferred and Actual Learning Environments on Tenth Graders' Science Literacy in Taiwan
Chun-Yen Chang; Ting-Kuang Yeh; Chun-Yen Lin; Yueh-Hsia Chang; Chia-Li D. Chen
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 19, No. 4 (August 2010) pp. 332–340
This study explored the effects of congruency between preferred and actual learning environment (PLE & ALE) perceptions on students' science literacy in terms of science concepts, attitudes toward science, and the understanding of the nature of...
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One Science Teacher's Professional Development Experience: A Case Study Exploring Changes in Students' Perceptions of Their Fluency with Innovative Technologies
Jazlin Ebenezer; Russell Columbus; Osman Nafiz Kaya; Lin Zhang; Devairakkam Luke Ebenezer
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 21, No. 1 (February 2012) pp. 22–37
The purpose of this case-study is to narrate a secondary science teacher's experience of his professional development (PD) education and training in innovative technologies (IT) in the context of engaging students in environmental research projects. ...
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An Investigation of University Students' Collaborative Inquiry Learning Behaviors in an Augmented Reality Simulation and a Traditional Simulation
Hung-Yuan Wang; Henry Been-Lirn Duh; Nai Li; Tzung-Jin Lin; Chin-Chung Tsai
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 23, No. 5 (October 2014) pp. 682–691
The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare students' collaborative inquiry learning behaviors and their behavior patterns in an augmented reality (AR) simulation system and a traditional 2D simulation system. Their inquiry and...
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Needs Assessment of Volunteers in a Non-Profit Organization in Taiwan
Yin-Che Chen; Chen-Cheng Lin
College Student Journal Vol. 43, No. 1 (March 2009) pp. 105–113
The idea of helping people by the medium of telephone was inspired by Rev. Alan Walker, Superintendent of the Central Methodist Mission in Sydney since 1958. Having made several radio and TV appearances, Rev. Walker found himself being called by...
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Computerized Adaptive Testing with the Generalized Graded Unfolding Model
James S. Roberts; Yan Lin; James E. Laughlin
Applied Psychological Measurement Vol. 25, No. 2 (2001) pp. 177–96
Examined the use of the generalized graded unfolding model (GGUM) in computerized adaptive testing, using simulation and attempting to minimize the number of items required to produce equiprecise estimates of person locations. Results suggest that...
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Investigating the Influence of Motivation on Students' Conceptual Learning Outcomes in Web-Based vs. Classroom-Based Science Teaching Contexts
Hung-Chih Yen; Hsiao-Lin Tuan; Chi-Hung Liao
Research in Science Education Vol. 41, No. 2 (March 2011) pp. 211–224
The purposes of this study were to investigate students' conceptual learning outcomes and the effect of motivation on students' conceptual learning outcomes in two different contexts: a Web-based and a classroom-based instruction, which incorporated ...
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Psychological Type and Asynchronous Written Dialogue in Adult Learning
Lin Lin; Patricia Cranton; Beatrice Bridglall
Teachers College Record Vol. 107, No. 8 (August 2005) pp. 1788–1813
This study explores how adults learn from asynchronous written dialogue through the lens of psychological type preferences. We asked participants to discover their dominant and auxiliary psychological preferences using the Personal Empowerment...
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The Effects of CAI on Word Recognition in Mildly Mentally Handicapped and Nonhandicapped Learners
Agnes Lin
Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 11, No. 1 (1991) pp. 16–25
This study on the effects of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on word recognition with 45 mildly mentally handicapped and 48 nonhandicapped elementary students found that paper-and-pencil practice resulted in greater accuracy, whereas computer...
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Relationships of New Teachers' Beliefs and Instructional Practices: Comparisons across Four Countries
Qingmin Shi; Shaoan Zhang; Emily Lin
Action in Teacher Education Vol. 36, No. 4 (2014) pp. 322–341
Drawing on large-scale international teachers' data from Hungary, Korea, Norway, and Turkey in the Teaching and Learning International Survey in 2008 assessment, this study examined the relationships between new teachers' beliefs about...
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Database Technology in Digital Libraries
Carole Preston; Binshan Lin
Information Services & Use Vol. 22, No. 1 (2002) pp. 9–17
Reviews issues relating to database technology and digital libraries. Highlights include resource sharing; ongoing digital library projects; metadata; user interfaces; query processing; interoperability; data quality; copyright infringement; and...
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Approaches to Studying and Students' Use of a Computer Supported Learning Environment
Jonathan Foster; Angela Lin
Education for Information Vol. 25, No. 3 (2007) pp. 155–168
Although studies of students' study approaches in face to face learning environments are commonplace, studies investigating the role of students' study approaches in online learning environments is currently a less explored area. This paper presents ...
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Aggression and Perceived National Face Threats in Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese CMC Discussion Boards
Daniel Z. Kadar; Michael Haugh; Wei-Lin Melody Chang
Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication Vol. 32, No. 3 (April 2013) pp. 343–372
This study examines manifestations of verbal aggression in an intergroup context between Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese on computer-mediated communication (CMC) discussion boards. We examine the role of perceptions of national identity and face in...
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An Investigation of Taiwanese High School Students' Science Learning Self-Efficacy in Relation to Their Conceptions of Learning Science
Tzung-Jin Lin; Chin-Chung Tsai
Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 31, No. 3 (2013) pp. 308–323
Background: Past studies have shown significant associations between students' conceptions of learning science and their science learning self-efficacy. However, in most of the studies, students' science learning self-efficacy has often...
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The Conceptions of Learning Science by Laboratory among University Science-Major Students: Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses
Yu-Li Chiu; Tzung-Jin Lin; Chin-Chung Tsai
Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 34, No. 3 (2016) pp. 359–377
Background: The sophistication of students' conceptions of science learning has been found to be positively related to their approaches to and outcomes for science learning. Little research has been conducted to particularly investigate students'...
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An Initial Examination of Singaporean Seventh and Eighth Graders' Views of Nature of science
Tzung-Jin Lin; Amos Yoong Shin Goh; Ching Sing Chai; Chin-Chung Tsai
Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 31, No. 2 (2013) pp. 117–132
Background and Purpose: Research in nature of science (NOS) among Asia-Pacific countries such as Singapore is arguably scarce. This study aimed to survey Singaporean secondary school students' views of NOS with a newly developed instrument...
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Using an Adaptive Expertise Lens to Understand the Quality of Teachers' Classroom Implementation of Computer-Supported Complex Systems Curricula in High School Science
Susan A. Yoon; Jessica Koehler-Yom; Emma Anderson; Joyce Lin; Eric Klopfer
Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 33, No. 2 (2015) pp. 237–251
Background: This exploratory study is part of a larger-scale research project aimed at building theoretical and practical knowledge of complex systems in students and teachers with the goal of improving high school biology learning through...
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How Augmented Reality, Textual, and Collaborative Scaffolds Work Synergistically to Improve Learning in a Science Museum
Susan A. Yoon; Emma Anderson; Miyoung Park; Karen Elinich; Joyce Lin
Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 36, No. 3 (2018) pp. 261–281
Background: This study builds on a series of studies that examined how augmented reality and various other learning scaffolds can promote deeper conceptual and cognitive understanding among visitors in a science museum. Purpose: We focus...
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The Effectiveness of a Popular Science Promotion Program on Nanotechnology for Elementary School Students in I-Lan City
Show-Yu Lin; Ming-Ta Wu; Ya-I Cho; Hui-Huang Chen
Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 33, No. 1 (2015) pp. 22–37
Background: Nanotechnology education has become an urgent priority to nurture skilled human resources for the rapidly developing nanotechnology-related industries. The promotion of popular science education focusing on nanotechnology is an ideal...
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Exploring Students' Learning Effectiveness and Attitude in Group Scribbles-Supported Collaborative Reading Activities: A Study in the Primary Classroom
C-P Lin; W Chen; S-J Yang; W Xie; C-C Lin
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 30, No. 1 (February 2014) pp. 68–81
Improving students' reading comprehension is of significance. In this study, collaborative learning supported by Group Scribbles (GS), a networked technology, was integrated into a primary reading class. Forty-seven 10-year-old students from...