An Interactive Diagnosis Approach for Supporting Clinical Nursing Courses

Chun-Wang Wei; Yi-Chun Lin; Yen-Ting Lin

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 8 (2016) pp. 1795–1811

Clinical resources in nursing schools are always insufficient for satisfying the practice requirements of each student at the same time during a formal course session. Although several studies have applied information and communication technology to ...

Exploring the Role of Flow Experience, Learning Performance and Potential Behavior Clusters in Elementary Students' Game-Based Learning

Ya-Hui Hsieh; Yi-Chun Lin; Huei-Tse Hou

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 1 (2016) pp. 178–193

Well-designed game-based learning can provide students with an innovative environment that may enhance students' motivation and engagement in learning and thus improve their learning performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the...

Improving the frame design of computer simulations for learning: Determining the primacy of the isolated elements or the transient information effects

Yi-Chun Lin; Tzu-Chien Liu; John Sweller

Computers & Education Vol. 88, No. 1 (October 2015) pp. 280–291

Computer simulations were used to teach students basic concepts associated with correlation. Half of the students were presented information in a sequential series of single frames in which each frame replaced the preceding frame while the other...

Language: English

Does the redundancy effect exist in electronic slideshow assisted lecturing?

Tzu-Chien Liu; Yi-Chun Lin; Yuan Gao; Shih-Ching Yeh; Slava Kalyuga

Computers & Education Vol. 88, No. 1 (October 2015) pp. 303–314

This study investigated the occurrence of the redundancy effect in a normal classroom when presenting multiple formats of information with the assistance of electronic slideshows. A virtual classroom that simulates a normal classroom was developed...

Language: English

Effects of prior knowledge on learning from different compositions of representations in a mobile learning environment

Tzu-Chien Liu; Yi-Chun Lin; Fred Paas

Computers & Education Vol. 72, No. 1 (March 2014) pp. 328–338

Two experiments examined the effects of prior knowledge on learning from different compositions of multiple representations in a mobile learning environment on plant leaf morphology for primary school students. Experiment 1 compared the learning...

Language: English

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 ...

Split-attention and redundancy effects on mobile learning in physical environments

Tzu-Chien Liu; Yi-Chun Lin; Meng-Jung Tsai; Fred Paas

Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 1 (January 2012) pp. 172–180

This study investigated split-attention and redundancy effects in a mobile learning environment on leaf morphology of plants as a function of different combinations of media. Eighty-one fifth-grade students were randomly assigned to the following...

Language: English

Development of a diagnostic system using a testing-based approach for strengthening student prior knowledge

Yi-Chun Lin; Yen-Ting Lin; Yueh-Min Huang

Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 2 (September 2011) pp. 1557–1570

Students learn new instructions well by building on relevant prior knowledge, as it affects how instructors and students interact with the learning materials. Moreover, studies have found that good prior knowledge can enable students to attain...

Language: English

Implementing clickers to assist learning in science lectures: The Clicker-Assisted Conceptual Change model

Yi-Chun Lin; Tzu-Chien Liu; Ching-Chi Chu

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 6 (Jan 01, 2011) pp. 979–996

The purposes of this study were twofold. The first aim was to design and develop a clicker-based instructional model known as Clicker-Assisted Conceptual Change (CACC), based on the cognitive conflict approach for conceptual change, to help...

Exploring Elementary-School Students' Engagement Patterns in a Game-Based Learning Environment

Ya-Hui Hsieh; Yi-Chun Lin; Huei-Tse Hou

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 2 pp. 336–348

Unlike most research, which has primarily examined the players' interest in or attitude toward game-based learning through questionnaires, the purpose of this empirical study is to explore students' engagement patterns by qualitative observation and ...