The Impact of Internet Virtual Physics Laboratory Instruction on the Achievement in Physics, Science Process Skills and Computer Attitudes of 10th-Grade Students

Kun-Yuan Yang; Jia-Sheng Heh

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 16, No. 5 (October 2007) pp. 451–461

The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the impact of Internet Virtual Physics Laboratory (IVPL) instruction with traditional laboratory instruction in physics academic achievement, performance of science process skills, and...

Governance styles in Taiwanese universities: Features and effects

Sheng-Ju Chan; Chia-Yu Yang

International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 63, No. 1 (November 2018) pp. 29–35

During the past two decades, Taiwan has undertaken dramatic higher education reforms in response to the changing social, economic, and educational needs. Among the driving forces, neoliberalism and new public management (NPM) are major political...

Language: English

Supporting Learning Context-aware and Auto-notification Mechanism on an Examination System

Fong-Jheng Lin; Chu-Sing Yang; Yu-Sheng Yang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 352–359

In the traditional educational theory, analysis of score mainly applies on single examination. Most teachings are one-to-many relation in common learning environment. One teacher has responsibility to control lots of learning progresses at the same...

Taking the Time to Improve the Validity of Low-Stakes Tests: The Effort-Monitoring CBT

Steven L. Wise; Dennison S. Bhola; Sheng-Ta Yang

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice Vol. 25, No. 2 (2006) pp. 21–30

The attractiveness of computer-based tests (CBTs) is due largely to their capability to expand the ways we conduct testing. A relatively unexplored application, however, is actively using the computer to reduce construct-irrelevant variance while a...

Student Peer Scores and Attitudes toward Peer Assessment: A study of college EFL course

Yu-Fang Yang; Chin-Chung Tsai; Sheng-Chau Tseng

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1903–1910

This study examined the validity and reliability of peer-generated grades in their English assignments and investigated students’ attitudes toward peer assessment. An online peer assessment learning module was implemented to help 163 vocational...

High school students’ conceptions of learning via educational games in Taiwan

Sheng-Chau Tseng; Chin-Chung Tsai; Yu-Fang Yang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2592–2596

The present study investigated high school students' conceptions of learning via educational computer games using a phenomenographic approach. Participants were 21 10th-grade students with experience in game-based learning. Students' written essays...

Exploring the Role of Student Online Peer Assessment Self-efficacy in Online Peer Assessment Learning Environments

Sheng-Chau Tseng; Chin-Chung Tsai; Yu-Fang Yang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3357–3361

The purpose of this study was to explore the role of student online peer assessment self-efficacy in an online peer assessment learning environment. 147 medical college students in Middle Taiwan were asked to complete an Online Peer Assessment Self...

Drawing dynamic geometry figures online with natural language for junior high school geometry

Wing-Kwong Wong; Sheng-Kai Yin; Chang-Zhe Yang

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 13, No. 5 (Nov 08, 2012) pp. 126–147

This paper presents a tool for drawing dynamic geometric figures by understanding the texts of geometry problems. With the tool, teachers and students can construct dynamic geometric figures on a web page by inputting a geometry problem in natural...

Using the Multi-Display Teaching System to Lower Cognitive Load

Tsung-Sheng Cheng; Yu-Chun Lu; Chu-Sing Yang

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 4 pp. 128–140

Multimedia plays a vital role in both learning systems and the actual education process. However, currently used presentation software is often not optimized and generates a great deal of clutter on the screen. Furthermore, there is often...

Learning Dynamics Analysis Based on Computer-Human Interaction

Sheng Yang; Lei Guo; Wensen Yu; Changyong Liu; Shimin Meng

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 8, No. 5 (Oct 13, 2013) pp. 32–36

Unlike doctors, teachers are not able to carry out personality analysis and teaching diagnosis via using various tools and data. So how can we build the exact teaching environment, collect the data of study process, and perform the evidence-based...

Promoting Different Reading Comprehension Levels through Online Annotations

Sheng-Shiang Tseng; Hui-Chin Yeh; Shih-hsien Yang

Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 28, No. 1 (2015) pp. 41–57

Previous studies have evaluated reading comprehension as the general understanding of reading texts. However, this broad and generic assessment of reading comprehension overlooks the specific aspects and processes that students need to develop. This ...

Construction of cognitive maps to improve e-book reading and navigation

Liang-Yi Li; Gwo-Dong Chen; Sheng-Jie Yang

Computers & Education Vol. 60, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 32–39

People have greater difficulty reading academic textbooks on screen than on paper. One notable problem is that they cannot construct an effective cognitive map because of the lack of contextual information cues and ineffective navigational...

Language: English

A concept map-embedded educational computer game for improving students' learning performance in natural science courses

Gwo-Jen Hwang; Li-Hsueh Yang; Sheng-Yuan Wang

Computers & Education Vol. 69, No. 1 (November 2013) pp. 121–130

Many recent studies have reported the benefits of educational computer games in promoting students' learning motivations. On the other hand, however, the effect of digital game-based learning in improving students' learning performance has been...

Language: English

Developing an Instrument for Assessing Students’ Conceptions of Learning through Online Peer Assessment

Yu-Fang Yang; Chin-Chung Tsai; Sheng-Chau Tseng; Jyh-Chong Liang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 1618–1626

Recently, the use of online peer assessment (PA )as an alternative form of evaluation method is regarded to be helpful in learning and is increasingly being adopted in many educational settings. Therefore, the tool for assessing the conceptions of...

Reconstruction of three-dimensional breast-tumor model using multispectral gradient vector flow snake method

Sheng-Chih Yang; Cheng-Yi Yu; Cheng-Jian Lin; Hsueh-Yi Lin; Chi-Yuan Lin

Journal of Applied Research and Technology Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 2015) pp. 279–290

In this study, we have proposed a three-dimensional (3D) model reconstruction system for breast tumors. The proposed system can establish an accurate 3D model of tumors, which will serve as a diagnostic reference for physicians and also address the...

Language: English

Using Computer-Assisted Multiple Representations in Learning Geometry Proofs

Wing-Kwong Wong; Sheng-Kai Yin; Hsi-Hsun Yang; Ying-Hao Cheng

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 3 (2011) pp. 43–54

Geometry theorem proving involves skills that are difficult to learn. Instead of working with abstract and complicated representations, students might start with concrete, graphical representations. A proof tree is a graphical representation of a...

The roles of Internet self-efficacy and preferences toward Internet-based learning environments in students’ progression through online peer assessment

Yu-Fang Yang; Jyh-Chong Liang; Chin-Chung Tsai; Sheng-Chau Tseng

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 4926–4934

The purpose of this study was to explore the roles of students' Internet self-efficacy and preferences toward Internet-based learning environments in their progression via an online peer assessment environment. Seventy-nine college students with the ...

Topics: Schools, Internet, Assessment, Students

An Investigation of the Effects of Self-Adapted Testing on Examinee Effort and Performance in a Low-Stakes Achievement Test

Steven L. Wise; Kara M. Owens; Sheng-Ta Yang; Brandi Weiss; Hilary L. Kissel; Xiaojing Kong; Sonia J. Horst

Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) 2005 (April 2005)

There are a variety of situations in which low-stakes achievement tests--which are defined as those having few or no consequences for examinee performance--are used in applied measurement. A problem inherent in such testing is that we often cannot...