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Yinjuan Shao
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Kun Shao
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Zihang Shao
Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University
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Shao-Chun Li
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Shao-Ting Hung
National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology
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Exploration Nature of Technological Creativity
shao-I Chiu; Hsiu-Yuan Hu; Tung-Yen Chen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1395–1402
This study aims at understanding the nature of technological creativity as a reference for technological creativity courses and teaching methods. Interviews are done with 4 people from the industry and academic circle that have practical experience...
Topics: Creativity, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Effects of the use of interactive E‐books by intensive care unit patients' family members: Anxiety, learning performances and perceptions
Shu‐Yen Lee; Tsae‐Jyy Wang; Gwo‐Jen Hwang; Shao‐Chen Chang
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 50, No. 2 (March 2019) pp. 888–901
In an intensive care unit (ICU), patients' families play a very important role; however, they often lack medical knowledge and are extremely anxious, which could affect their ability to take care of the patients. The effects of giving conventional...
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How to learn and how to teach computational thinking: Suggestions based on a review of the literature
Ting-Chia Hsu; Shao-Chen Chang; Yu-Ting Hung
Computers & Education Vol. 126, No. 1 (November 2018) pp. 296–310
Computational Thinking (CT) is seen as an important competence that is required in order to adapt to the future. However, educators, especially K-12 teachers and researchers, have not clearly identified how to teach it. In this study, a meta-review...
Language: English
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Impacts of an augmented reality-based flipped learning guiding approach on students’ scientific project performance and perceptions
Shao-Chen Chang; Gwo-Jen Hwang
Computers & Education Vol. 125, No. 1 (October 2018) pp. 226–239
In recent years, flipped learning has received increasing emphasis; it engages students in deriving basic knowledge through instructional videos before the class, and hence more time is available for practicing, applying knowledge, or student...
Language: English
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Designing Online Learning Environments to Improve Students' Performance in Graduate Statistics Courses
Zihang Shao; Serdar Abaci
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 234–244
Along with rapid development of online learning movement, more attention should be paid to strategic planning for quality online learning programs and courses. The authors proposed a process of designing performance-based online learning...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education
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Designing Learning Spaces for Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers’ Practicum Experiences: Implications for Pre-Service Teacher Education
Zihang Shao; Xuanjie Du
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1709–1713
One of the key issues of the current teacher education is the development of pre-service teachers’ skills and competencies in teaching practices. It is of great significance to study on the reform of pre-service teachers’ practicum experiences at...
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Peer Assessment of Webpage Design: Behavioral Sequential Analysis Based on Eye-Tracking Evidence
Ting-Chia Hsu; Shao-Chen Chang; Nan-Cen Liu
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 2 (2018) pp. 305–321
This study employed an eye-tracking machine to record the process of peer assessment. Each web page was divided into several regions of interest (ROIs) based on the frame design and content. A total of 49 undergraduate students with a visual...
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Effects of Integrating an Active Learning-Promoting Mechanism into Location-Based Real-World Learning Environments on Students' Learning Performances and Behaviors
Gwo-Jen Hwang; Shao-Chen Chang; Pei-Ying Chen; Xiang-Ya Chen
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 2 (2018) pp. 451–474
Engaging students in real-world learning contexts has been identified by educators as being an important way of helping them learn to apply what they have learned from textbooks to practical problems. The advancements in mobile and image-processing...
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A Microworld-Based Role-Playing Game Development Approach to Engaging Students in Interactive, Enjoyable, and Effective Mathematics Learning
Sheng-Yuan Wang; Shao-Chen Chang; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Pei-Ying Chen
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 26, No. 3 (2018) pp. 411–423
In traditional teacher-centered mathematics instruction, students might show low learning motivation owing to the lack of applied contexts. Game-based learning has been recognized as a potential approach to addressing this issue; however, without...
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Understanding science teachers' enactments of a computer-based inquiry curriculum
Su-Chi Fang; Ying-Shao Hsu
Computers & Education Vol. 112, No. 1 (September 2017) pp. 69–82
In order to spread and encourage the use of innovative computer-based inquiry curricula in classrooms, it is fundamental to understand how teachers enact the curricula. It is also essential to study what kinds of teaching practices can enhance...
Language: English
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Exploring the structure of TPACK with video-embedded and discipline-focused assessments
Yi-Fen Yeh; Ying-Shao Hsu; Hsin-Kai Wu; Sung-Pei Chien
Computers & Education Vol. 104, No. 1 (January 2017) pp. 49–64
The appropriate selection and implementation of technology in instruction is made possible by teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). The TPACK that inservice teachers develop is practitioner-based and can be continuously...
Language: English
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Effects of a peer competition-based mobile learning approach on students' affective domain exhibition in social studies courses
Gwo‐Jen Hwang; Shao‐Chen Chang
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 6 (November 2016) pp. 1217–1231
One of the important and challenging objectives of social studies courses is to promote students' affective domain exhibition, including learning interest, positive attitudes and local culture identity. In this paper, a location-aware mobile...
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Enhancing feedback provision through multimodal video technology
Shao-Ting Alan Hung
Computers & Education Vol. 98, No. 1 (July 2016) pp. 90–101
Peer-to-peer feedback provision is considered crucial to student learning. However, although the studies on peer feedback abound in the literature, most target the face-to-face or written modality; few investigate the pedagogic potential of videos...
Language: English
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Creating A Global Context for Student Learning in the Discipline of IT Development
Kun Shao
Global Learn 2016 (Apr 28, 2016) pp. 132–136
Information Technology is dynamically and rapidly changing as an academic discipline. It is a challenge to extend the traditional classroom dimension of an information technology course so that American students will step out of their comfort zone...
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Science teachers' TPACK-Practical: Standard-setting using an evidence-based approach
Tsung-Hau Jen; Yi-Fen Yeh; Ying-Shao Hsu; Hsin-Kai Wu; Kuan-Ming Chen
Computers & Education Vol. 95, No. 1 (April 2016) pp. 45–62
Technological pedagogical content knowledge-practical (TPACK-P) refers to the knowledge construct that teachers in the digital era develop for and from their teaching practices with technology. This study explored a standard-setting method using...
Language: English
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A Comparison Study of Augmented Reality versus Interactive Simulation Technology to Support Student Learning of a Socio-Scientific Issue
Hsin-Yi Chang; Ying-Shao Hsu; Hsin-Kai Wu
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 6 (2016) pp. 1148–1161
We investigated the impact of an augmented reality (AR) versus interactive simulation (IS) activity incorporated in a computer learning environment to facilitate students' learning of a socio-scientific issue (SSI) on nuclear power plants and...
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Blogs as a Learning and Assessment Instrument for English-Speaking Performance
Shao-Ting Alan Hung; Heng-Tsung Danny Huang
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 8 (2016) pp. 1881–1894
The study investigated the usefulness of blogs in evaluating English-as-a-Foreign-Language learners' oral performance and explored their reactions toward using blogs as a learning and assessment tool for English-speaking performance. Fifty-one...
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Content Analysis of 1998-2012 Empirical Studies in Science Reading Using a Self-Regulated Learning Lens
Ying-Shao Hsu; Miao-Hsuan Yen; Wen-Hua Chang; Chia-Yu Wang; Sufen Chen
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Vol. 14, No. 1 (2016)
There is an increasing interest in conducting reading-related studies in science education using a self-regulated learning (SRL) lens. This exploration involved a content analysis of 34 articles (38 studies in total) in highly regarded journals from ...
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Identifying Effective Design Features of Technology-Infused Inquiry Learning Modules: A Two-Year Study of Students' Inquiry Abilities
Ying-Shao Hsu; Su-Chi Fang; Wen-Xin Zhang; Wu Hsin-Kai; Pai-Hsing Wu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 2 (2016) pp. 228–244
The two-year study aimed to explore how students' development of different inquiry abilities actually benefited from the design of technology-infused learning modules. Three learning modules on the topics of seasons, environmental issues and air...
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An ECM-ISC based Study on Learners’ Continuance Intention toward E-learning
Mingjie Tan; Peiji Shao
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 10, No. 4 (Sep 22, 2015) pp. 22–27
E-learning has been developing rapidly in recent years; however, as the student number and market scale are growing fast, there is also a growing concern over the issue of high dropout rates in e-learning. High dropout rate not only harms both...
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What makes an item more difficult? Effects of modality and type of visual information in a computer-based assessment of scientific inquiry abilities
Hsin-Kai Wu; Che-Yu Kuo; Tsung-Hau Jen; Ying-Shao Hsu
Computers & Education Vol. 85, No. 1 (July 2015) pp. 35–48
Effects of multiple external representations on teaching and learning have been widely researched; however, relatively little is understood about how different types of representations used for item presentation influence students' performances in...
Language: English
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The Effectiveness of a Facebook-Assisted Teaching Method on Knowledge and Attitudes about Cervical Cancer Prevention and HPV Vaccination Intention among Female Adolescent Students in Taiwan
Ching-Yi Lai; Wei-Wen Wu; Shao-Yu Tsai; Su-Fen Cheng; Kuan-Chia Lin; Shu-Yuan Liang
Health Education & Behavior Vol. 42, No. 3 (June 2015) pp. 352–360
Background: Lack of education is a known barrier to vaccination, but data on the design and effectiveness of interventions remain limited. Objective: This study aims to identify the effectiveness of a Facebook-assisted teaching method on female...
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Student Observations of Global Learning:Towards a Formalized Assessment Plan for an IT Study Abroad Course
Kun Shao; Peter Maher
Global Learn 2015 (April 2015) pp. 366–373
Global learning is known to be one of the most effective high-impact learning practices in higher education. Finding the means to incorporate global learning into a computer science curriculum is therefore considered particularly important for...
Topics: Assessment, Global studies and education
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a-Stratified Computerized Adaptive Testing in the Presence of Calibration Error
Ying Cheng; Jeffrey M. Patton; Can Shao
Educational and Psychological Measurement Vol. 75, No. 2 (April 2015) pp. 260–283
a-Stratified computerized adaptive testing with b-blocking (AST), as an alternative to the widely used maximum Fisher information (MFI) item selection method, can effectively balance item pool usage while providing accurate latent trait estimates in ...
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Prediction of Student Dropout in E-Learning Program Through the Use of Machine Learning Method
Mingjie Tan; Peiji Shao
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb 21, 2015) pp. 11–17
The high rate of dropout is a serious problem in E-learning program. Thus it has received extensive concern from the education administrators and researchers. Predicting the potential dropout students is a workable solution to prevent dropout. Based ...
Topics: Administrators, Research Methods
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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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Designing a role structure to engage students in computer-supported collaborative learning
Xiaoqing Gu; Yinjuan Shao; Xiaofeng Guo; Cher Ping Lim
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 24, No. 1 (January 2015) pp. 13–20
This study investigates the design of a role structure to engage undergraduate students in collaborative knowledge construction. A total of 72 students of an Instructional Design course were divided into 12 small groups, among which six roles of...
Language: English
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Supporting Scientific Modeling Practices in Atmospheric Sciences: Intended and Actual Affordances of a Computer-Based Modeling Tool
Pai-Hsing Wu; Hsin-Kai Wu; Che-Yu Kuo; Ying-Shao Hsu
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 23, No. 6 (2015) pp. 748–765
Computer-based learning tools include design features to enhance learning but learners may not always perceive the existence of these features and use them in desirable ways. There might be a gap between what the tool features are designed to offer (...
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Estimating the relationship between calculated financial need and actual aid received using quarter of birth instruments
Ling Shao
Economics of Education Review Vol. 42, No. 1 (October 2014) pp. 165–174
When calculating financial need, the FAFSA does not consider the parental income of students who turn 24 years old. This paper uses the student's quarter of birth interacted with the treated cohort to instrument for financial need. Using the...
Language: English
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Developing and validating technological pedagogical content knowledge-practical (TPACK-practical) through the Delphi survey technique
Yi‐Fen Yeh; Ying‐Shao Hsu; Hsin‐Kai Wu; Fu‐Kwun Hwang; Tzu‐Chiang Lin
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 45, No. 4 (Jul 23, 2014) pp. 707–722
Technological pedagogical content knowledge TPACK refers to the knowledge set that teachers currently use to further improve the quality of their teaching and assist their students in learning. Several TPACK models have been proposed, either for...
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The Effect of Metacognitive Prompts on Students Decision Making Abilities in a Socio-Scientific Issue Context
Ying-Shao Hsu; Shu-Sheng Lin
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 2155–2164
The present study aims to develop senior high school students’ decision-making (DM) abilities regarding Socio-Scientific Issues (SSIs) through incorporating the DM framework which includes three stages: recognizing the decision problem,...
Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies, Multimedia/Hypermedia Applications
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Middle-school students' online information problem solving behaviors on the information retrieval interface
Yi-Fen Yeh; Ying-Shao Hsu; Fu-Tai Chuang; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 30, No. 2 (May 13, 2014)
With the near-overload of online information, it is necessary to equip our students with the skills necessary to deal with Information Problem Solving (IPS). This study also intended to help students develop major IPS strategies with the assistance...
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On the Evolution of a Lesson: Group Preparation for Teaching Contest as Teacher Professional Development Activity for Chinese Elementary Science Teachers
Xiaowei Tang; Faxian Shao
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 23, No. 2 (April 2014) pp. 252–266
Group preparation for teaching contest, or lesson polishing, is a teacher professional development activity unique to China. Through participant observation and discourse analysis of a typical case, this study explores how a science lesson evolved...
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Developing an Educational Computer Game for Migratory Bird Identification Based on a Two-Tier Test Approach
Hui-Chun Chu; Shao-Chen Chang
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 62, No. 2 (April 2014) pp. 147–161
Although educational computer games have been recognized as being a promising approach, previous studies have indicated that, without supportive models, students might only show temporary interest during the game-based learning process, and their...
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Whole Class Dialogic Discussion Meets Taiwan's Physics Teachers: Attitudes and Culture
Haim Eshach; Hsin-Kai Wu; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Ying-Shao Hsu
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 23, No. 1 (February 2014) pp. 183–197
There is a distance between the power that whole class dialogic discussions (WCDD) may offer to the science class and their use in practice. Teachers' attitudes toward WCDD are part of the problem. The aims of this study were twofold: (a) to...
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A Comparison of Learning Management Systems in a School District: Searching for the Ideal Personalized Integrated Educational System (PIES)
Zahide Yildirim; Charles M. Reigeluth; Seolim Kwon; Yuichi Kageto; Zihang Shao
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 22, No. 6 (2014) pp. 721–736
This study explored the use of several learning management systems (LMS), their benefits, and their limitations in relation to the desired characteristics of an ideal Personalized Integrated Educational System (PIES) for the information age. A...
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Middle-School Students' Online Information Problem Solving Behaviors on the Information Retrieval Interface
Yi-Fen Yeh; Ying-Shao Hsu; Fu-Tai Chuang; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 30, No. 2 (2014) pp. 245–260
With the near-overload of online information, it is necessary to equip our students with the skills necessary to deal with Information Problem Solving (IPS). This study also intended to help students develop major IPS strategies with the assistance...
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Improving High School Students’ Ability to Evaluate Evidence and Use Evidence in Socioscientific Contexts and Educational Software Environments
Shu-Sheng Lin; Ying-Shao Hsu
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) p. 1683
Developing students’ higher order thinking skills is one of important goals in contemporary science education. The study aimed at developing one teaching module with an educational software to improve students’ ability to evaluate evidence and...
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The study of optimal adjustable quantity strategies in the E-HSCM
Hung-Chang Liao; Shao-Ping Yuan; Ya-huei Wang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 2453–2456
This proposal is to establish an E-hospital supply chain management (E-HSCM) including three district hospitals and three kinds of medicine which have same cure function for seeking the optimal dispatched quantities. The main assumption is that...
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Using a Computer-based Learning Program to Reduce Students’ English Language Classroom Anxiety
Ya-huei Wang; Shao-Ping Yuan; Hung-Chang Liao
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 1480–1483
The study intended to investigate whether the students going through a computer-based learning program would have less English language classroom anxiety, exhibit better English proficiency, and express greater satisfaction with their class than...
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Effects of Representation Sequences and Spatial Ability on Students' Scientific Understandings about the Mechanism of Breathing
Hsin-Kai Wu; Yu-Fen Lin; Ying-Shao Hsu
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 41, No. 3 (May 2013) pp. 555–573
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of representation sequences and spatial ability on students' scientific understandings about the mechanism of breathing in human beings. 130 seventh graders were assigned to two groups with...
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Investigating College and Graduate Students' Multivariable Reasoning in Computational Modeling
Hsin-Kai Wu; Pai-Hsing Wu; Wen-Xin Zhang; Ying-Shao Hsu
Science Education Vol. 97, No. 3 (May 2013) pp. 337–366
Drawing upon the literature in computational modeling, multivariable reasoning, and causal attribution, this study aims at characterizing multivariable reasoning practices in computational modeling and revealing the nature of understanding about...
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A Novel CAI System for Space Conceptualization Training in Perspective Sketching
Ding-Bang Luh; Shao-Nung Chen
International Journal of Technology and Design Education Vol. 23, No. 1 (February 2013) pp. 147–160
For many designers, freehand sketching is the primary tool for conceptualization in the early stage of the design process. However, current education on concept presentation techniques rarely emphasizes the construction of the most fundamental...
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Is There a Gap between Students' Preference and University Presidents' Concern over College Ranking Indicators?: A Case Study of "College Navigator in Taiwan"
Angela Yung-Chi Hou; Robert Morse; Yueh-jen E. Shao
Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning Vol. 64, No. 6 (December 2012) pp. 767–787
In order to help students make well-informed choices, reliable college ranking systems with comparable information about higher education institutions worldwide have been welcomed by many students. Because traditional college rankings had many...
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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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Examination of Interactivity in OpenCourseWare Websites
Zihang Shao
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 1453–1458
Open Education Movement has been growing fast in these years. More and more institutions have joined in OpenCourseWare (OCW) Consortium since 2001. However, there were very few studies on evaluation of OCW sites and the courses listed on the sites,...
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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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Using Second Life to Assist EFL Teaching: We Do Not Have to Sign in to the Program
Feihong Wang; Enming Shao
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 56, No. 4 (May 2012) pp. 15–18
Second Life (SL) has been gaining increased attention in Education since it was launched in 2003. Language educators explored SL mainly as a virtual learning environment where learners can interact with native speakers (e.g., Hislope, 2008; Wang,...
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Comparison of 1:1 and 1:m CSCL Environment for Collaborative Concept Mapping
C-P Lin; L-H Wong; Y-J Shao
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 28, No. 2 (April 2012) pp. 99–113
This paper reports an investigation into the effects of collaborative concept mapping in a digital learning environment, in terms of students' overall learning gains, knowledge retention, quality of student artefacts (the collaboratively created...
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A Washback Study on E-Portfolio Assessment in an English as a Foreign Language Teacher Preparation Program
Shao-Ting Alan Hung
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 25, No. 1 (2012) pp. 21–36
Washback refers to both positive and negative influences of testing on teaching and learning. While washback studies abound in the literature, most of them deal with high-stakes, standardized tests or large-scale entrance examinations. Scant efforts ...