The Use of E-Dictionary to Read E-Text by Intermediate and Advanced Learners of Chinese

Jing Wang

Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 25, No. 5 (2012) pp. 475–487

This study focuses on the pedagogical outcomes connected with the use of an e-dictionary by intermediate and advanced learners of Chinese to aid in reading an expository Chinese e-text. Twenty intermediate and advanced participants read an e-text...

Strategies for Reading Chinese Texts with and without Pop-Up Dictionary for Beginning Learners of Chinese

Jing Wang

CALICO Journal Vol. 31, No. 2 (2014) pp. 244–260

This study is aimed at identifying reading strategies of beginning learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) with and without a pop-up dictionary and at determining if learners retain the reading comprehension gained from using the dictionary. ...

The Role of Organizational, Environmental and Human Factors in E-Learning Diffusion

Kholekile Gwebu; Jing Wang

International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies Vol. 2, No. 2 (April 2007) pp. 59–78

Improvements in technology have led to innovations in training such as Electronic Learning (E-learning). E-learning aims to help organizations in their training initiatives by simplifying the training process and cutting cost. It also attempts to...

Improved Adaptive Genetic Algorithm for Course Scheduling in Colleges and Universities

Wang Wen-jing

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 13, No. 6 (May 29, 2018) pp. 29–42

Traditional artificial intelligence and computer-aided course scheduling schemes can no longer meet the increasing demands caused by the informatization of teaching management in colleges and universities. To address this problem, this study...

An Analytical Approach to Generating Norms for Skewed Normative Distributions

Jing-Jen Wang

Approaches for norming skewed test score distributions are reviewed, and an analytical approach is proposed for norming the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC). Methods used in constructing norms for several well-known personality...

Technology-supported Interdisciplinary Learning: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Studies in China Over the Past Decade

Jing Wang; Mingzhuo Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2024 (Mar 25, 2024) pp. 1148–1157

In the context of increasing knowledge integration and the complexity of social issues, interdisciplinary learning has become a crucial means of cultivating talents adaptable to future societal development. The trend of educational digital...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Research & Evaluation, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

College English Classroom Teaching Evaluation Based on Particle Swarm Optimization – Extreme Learning Machine Model

Baojian Wang; Jing Wang; Guoqiang Hu

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 12, No. 5 (May 31, 2017) pp. 82–97

The quality evaluation of English classroom teaching carries great significance in promoting English teaching reform and raising the quality of English education at university level in China. In this paper, a quality evaluation index system is...

Development and Use of an Open-Source, User-Friendly Package to Simulate Voltammetry Experiments

Shuo Wang; Jing Wang; Yanjing Gao

Journal of Chemical Education Vol. 94, No. 10 (2017) pp. 1567–1570

An open-source electrochemistry simulation package has been developed that simulates the electrode processes of four reaction mechanisms and two typical electroanalysis techniques: cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. Unlike other open-source...

Pre-Service Teachers' Development of Digital Literacies: A Case Study in a Wiki-Based Collaborative Writing Context

Le Wang; Pengpeng Feng; Jing Chen

International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching Vol. 7, No. 3 (July 2017) pp. 21–39

Digital literacies are gaining popularity in teacher education over the past decade, but little research has been conducted on the developmental trajectories of pre-service teachers' digital literacies while digital practices in their daily routines ...

Internet Use among Middle School Students in School and at Home: What Can We Learn from a U.S.-China Comparison?

Jing Lei; Jingye Zhou; Qiu Wang

Computers in the Schools Vol. 26, No. 2 (2009) pp. 147–164

Based on data collected from middle school students in a U.S. school (N = 159) and a Chinese school (N = 183), this study compared Internet use in school and at home between American students and Chinese students, explored what affected students'...

Independent Evaluation of P.R.C. MOE-IBM °Reinventing Education Partnership Program±

Lu Wang; Minxia Zhang; Jing Liu

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 398–403

P.R.C. MOE-IBM "Reinventing Education Partnership Program"(RE program) is a crucial component of IBM global large-scale philanthropic grant program "RE". Entrusted by MOE and IBM, this research group conducted independent evaluation. The evaluation...

Topics: Educational Technology, Evaluation, Research Methods

What factors predict undergraduate students' use of technology for learning? A case from Hong Kong

Chun Lai; Qiu Wang; Jing Lei

Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 2 (September 2012) pp. 569–579

A sound understanding of technology use from the learners' perspective is crucial. This study intends to contribute to our understanding on student technology use by focusing on identifying the factors that influence students' adoption of technology ...

Language: English

Exploration and Practice of Blended Teaching Model Based Flipped Classroom and SPOC in Higher University

Xin-Hong Wang; Jing-Ping Wang; Fu-Ji Wen; Jun Wang; Jian-Qing Tao

Journal of Education and Practice Vol. 7, No. 10 (2016) pp. 99–104

SPOC is characterized by improving teaching effectiveness. Currently open teaching mode is the popular trend, which is mainly related to several aspects: how to carry out teaching practice by using MOOC proprietary, high-quality online teaching...

A Spiral Step-by-Step Educational Method for Cultivating Competent Embedded System Engineers to Meet Industry Demands

Lei Jing; Zixue Cheng; Junbo Wang; Yinghui Zhou

IEEE Transactions on Education Vol. 54, No. 3 (August 2011) pp. 356–365

Embedded system technologies are undergoing dramatic change. Competent embedded system engineers are becoming a scarce resource in the industry. Given this, universities should revise their specialist education to meet industry demands. In this...

Can Students Identify the Relevant Information to Solve a Problem?

Lishan Zhang; Shengquan Yu; Baoping Li; Jing Wang

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 20, No. 4 (2017) pp. 288–299

Solving non-routine problems is one of the most important skills for the 21st century. Traditional paper-pencil tests cannot assess this type of skill well because of their lack of interactivity and inability to capture procedural data. Tools such...

Preservice teachers' initial conceptions about assessment of science learning: The coherence with their views of learning science

Jing-Ru Wang; Huey-Lien Kao; Sheau-Wen Lin

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 26, No. 3 (April 2010) pp. 522–529

This study utilized responses from Taiwanese preservice elementary teachers to describe and analyze their conceptions about the assessment of science learning and the extent that these conceptions were coherent with their views of learning science....

Language: English

A Mobile Game Approach for Learning Chinese as a Second Language

Cheng-Ping Chen; Chang-hwa Wang; Jing-Jia Chen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1084–1089

In this study, a mobile game-based learning was applied to assist foreign students in Taiwan who were learning Chinese as their second language. A quasi experiment was performed to examine the learning motivation, satisfaction, and achievement. Two...

Topics: Mobile Learning, International Education

Verifying Causal Relationships Among the Presences of the Community of Inquiry Framework in the Chinese Context

Zhiqiang Ma; Jing Wang; Qiyun Wang; Lili Kong; Yajie Wu; Hao Yang

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 18, No. 6 (Sep 25, 2017)

The purpose of this study was to verify a Chinese version of Community of Inquiry (CoI) instrument with learning presence and explore the causal relationships of the factors in the instrument. This study first examined the reliability and validity...

A Self-directed Reading Environment for Learning Pronunciation of Japanese Kanji based on Collaborative-building Database

Fei Yuan; Jing Yuan; Rong Wang; Hiroyuki Mitsuhara; Kazuhide Kanenishi; Yoneo Yano

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 3139–3144

Globalization now is a major theme of the world and more and more people begin to learn the foreign language through CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) system. Many CALL systems focus on sharing the foreign language educational materials and ...

Topics: System Configurations, Engineering, Faculty, Social Studies, Internet

Inquiry Style Interactive Virtual Experiments: A Case on Circular Motion

Shaona Zhou; Jing Han; Nathaniel Pelz; Xiaojun Wang; Liangyu Peng; Hua Xiao; Lei Bao

European Journal of Physics Vol. 32, No. 6 (November 2011) pp. 1597–1606

Interest in computer-based learning, especially in the use of virtual reality simulations is increasing rapidly. While there are good reasons to believe that technologies have the potential to improve teaching and learning, how to utilize the...

Know-who Knowledge Management to Support Collaborative Learning in Research Laboratory Based on Information Sharing

Rong Wang; Jing Yuan; Fei Yuan; Hiroyuki Mitsuhara; Kazuhide Kanenishi; Yoneo Yano

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 3113–3118

Information sharing is voluntary amongst students usually. It is effective to enhancement of personal knowledge but the personal knowledge can't be transformed to organizational knowledge during information sharing. Furthermore, know-who knowledge,...

Topics: Databases, Engineering, Learning Management Systems, Collaboration, Faculty

A Case Study of Situated Learning with Interactive Digital Storytelling

Chi-Wei Lee; Jalin K. Huang; Chao-Ming Wang; Hsuan-Ching Chen; Pei-Chuan Lee; Mei-Jing Huang; Chih-Ning Chin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 1422–1427

Interactive digital storytelling is an integrated environment with multimedia display of story contents as well as interaction with the users. Modern interactive technology such as tangible user interface has made storytelling more attractive,...

Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Information Sciences, Interaction

A Review of Research on Technology-Assisted School Science Laboratories

Chia-Yu Wang; Hsin-Ka Wu; Silvia Wen-Yu Lee; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Hsin-Yi Chang; Ying-Tien Wu; Guo-Li Chiou; Sufen Chen; Jyh-Chong Liang; Jing-Wen Lin; Hao-Chang Lo; Chin-Chung Tsai

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 17, No. 2 pp. 307–320

Studies that incorporate technologies into school science laboratories have proliferated in the recent two decades. A total of 42 studies published from 1990 to 2011 that incorporated technologies to support school science laboratories are reviewed...

Development and Implications of Technology in Reform-Based Physics Laboratories

Sufen Chen; Hao-Chang Lo; Jing-Wen Lin; Jyh-Chong Liang; Hsin-Yi Chang; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Guo-Li Chiou; Ying-Tien Wu; Silvia Wen-Yu Lee; Hsin-Kai Wu; Chia-Yu Wang; Chin-Chung Tsai

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research Vol. 8, No. 2 (2012) pp. 20113–1

Technology has been widely involved in science research. Researchers are now applying it to science education in an attempt to bring students' science activities closer to authentic science activities. The present study synthesizes the research to...