Grounded Learning Experience: Helping Students Learn Physics through Visuo-Haptic Priming and Instruction

Shih-Chieh Douglas Huang

(2013) pp. 1–132

In this dissertation, I investigate the effects of a grounded learning experience on college students' mental models of physics systems. The grounded learning experience consisted of a priming stage and an instruction stage, and within each stage,...

Learning Abstract Physics System with a 3-D Force Feedback Joystick

Shih-Chieh Huang; Tanner Vea; John Black

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 1618–1623

This paper describes a study on the teaching of abstract physics systems to elementary school students using Novint Falcon, a 3-D force feedback joystick. Students were asked to learn the law of conservation of energy, an abstract physics system...

Learning Classic Mechanics with Embodied Cognition

Shih-Chieh Huang; Tanner Vea; John Black

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 209–215

This paper describes a study on the teaching of classic mechanics as an abstract physics concept to elementary school students using embodied cognition. The embodiment is implemented through Novint Falcon, a 3-D force feedback joystick. Students...

Computer-Mediated Counter-Arguments and Individual Learning

Jack Shih-Chieh Hsu; Hsieh-Hong Huang; Lars P. Linden

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 4 (2011) pp. 111–123

This study explores a de-bias function for a decision support systems (DSS) that is designed to help a user avoid confirmation bias by increasing the user's learning opportunities. Grounded upon the theory of mental models, the use of DSS is viewed...

Using Embodiment with LEGO Robotics to Enhance Physics Understanding in Elementary School Students

Carol Lu; Seokmin Kang; Shih-Chieh Huang; John Black

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2989–2992

Elementary school students were taught to use LEGO NXT Mindstorm, a programmable reconfigurable robot, to observe and learn abstract physics concepts. Students were asked to use instructional embodiment to help programming LEGO robotics in a series...

Designing a Web-based assessment environment for improving pre-service teacher assessment literacy

Tzu-Hua Wang; Kuo-Hua Wang; Shih-Chieh Huang

Computers & Education Vol. 51, No. 1 (August 2008) pp. 448–462

Teacher assessment literacy is a key factor in the success of teaching, but some studies concluded that teachers lack it. The aim of this research is to propose the “Practicing, Reflecting and Revising with WATA system (P2R-WATA) Assessment Literacy ...

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An M-Learning Content Recommendation Service by Exploiting Mobile Social Interactions

Han-Chieh Chao; Chin-Feng Lai; Shih-Yeh Chen; Yueh-Min Huang

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies Vol. 7, No. 3 (2014) pp. 221–230

With the rapid development of the Internet and the popularization of mobile devices, participating in a mobile community becomes a part of daily life. This study aims the influence impact of social interactions on mobile learning communities. With m-...

Building Student Understanding and Interest in Science through Embodied Experiences with LEGO Robotics

Carol M. Lu; Seokmin Kang; Shih-Chieh Huang; John B. Black

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 2225–2232

The purpose of this study was to examine whether embodied experiences with LEGO robotics can build elementary school students’ understanding of and interest in science learning. Previous studies have shown that many children do not enjoy learning...