Does the gender of the teacher matter in the teaching of reading literacy? Teacher gender and pupil attainment in reading literacy in Hong Kong

Y.H. Raymond Lam; Shek Kam Tse; Joseph W.I. Lam; Elizabeth K.Y. Loh

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 26, No. 4 (May 2010) pp. 754–759

A study of 148 primary school teachers and 4867 Grade 4 pupils in Hong Kong found no support for the proposal that boys learn to read better when taught by men teachers. In fact, it was found that both boys and girls learnt better when taught by...

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An Integrative Perceptual Approach for Teaching Chinese Characters

Shek Kam Tse; Ference Marton; Wing Wah Ki; Elizabeth Ka Yee Loh

Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 35, No. 5 (September 2007) pp. 375–406

This paper is concerned with an innovative approach to teaching Chinese characters. Traditionally, pupils learn Chinese characters by repeatedly copying them until they can reproduce their form and pronunciation from memory. Most of the characters...

Word-Processor or Pencil-and-Paper? A Comparison of Students' Writing in Chinese as a Foreign Language

Yu Zhu; Shiu-Kee Mark Shum; Shek-Kam Brian Tse; Jinghui Jack Liu

Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 29, No. 3 (2016) pp. 596–617

A study is reported of the performance and attainment of 32 students from overseas studying elementary Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) in a Chinese university. With an AB-BA design, they were asked to use two forms of writing media to present...