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Automatic Scaffolding and Measurement of Concept Mapping for EFL Students to Write Summaries
Yu-Fen Yang
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 4 pp. 273–286
An incorrect concept map may obstruct a student's comprehension when writing summaries if they are unable to grasp key concepts when reading texts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of automatic scaffolding and measurement of...
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Preparing Language Teachers for Blended Teaching of Summary Writing
Yu-Fen Yang
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 27, No. 3 (2014) pp. 185–206
Research on preparing language teachers for blended teaching of summary writing, a mix of on-site and online instruction for college students to grasp the gist of the texts, is scarce in higher education. This study examined the problems encountered ...
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Engaging Students in an Online Situated Language Learning Environment
Yu-Fen Yang
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 24, No. 2 (2011) pp. 181–198
Previous studies have emphasized the relationship between students' engagement and learning performance, and yet the context in which students and the teacher interact to engage each other has been ignored. In order to engage college students who...
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Students’ reflection on online self-correction and peer review to improve writing
Yu-Fen Yang
Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 3 (November 2010) pp. 1202–1210
Reflection is considered as a mental process of an individual’s internal problem-solving activity and rarely observed in face-to-face instruction. As a consequence, students have few opportunities to observe and learn from each other. This study...
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New Language Knowledge Construction through Indirect Feedback in Web-Based Collaborative Writing
Yu-Fen Yang
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 31, No. 4 (2018) pp. 459–480
This study reports on how students construct new language knowledge by indirect feedback in web-based collaborative writing. Indirect feedback (text organization, reader-based perspectives, and clarity of purpose) encourages students to negotiate...
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Developing a reciprocal teaching/learning system for college remedial reading instruction
Yu-Fen Yang
Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 3 (November 2010) pp. 1193–1201
In face-to-face instruction of "Reciprocal Teaching (RT)", students’ reading processes and dialogues with their peers are hardly observed. As a result, the teacher has few clues to identify students’ learning difficulties and provide further...
Language: English
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Blended Learning for College Students with English Reading Difficulties
Yu-Fen Yang
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 25, No. 5 (2012) pp. 393–410
Most previous studies in blended learning simply involved on-site and online instruction without considering students' control of their own learning in these two different modalities. The purpose of this study was to investigate how college students ...
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Self-Directed Learning to Develop Autonomy in an Online ESP Community
Yu-Fen Yang
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 7 (2016) pp. 1629–1646
Low foreign language achievers in vocational education often have a lack of learning strategies, a tendency to feel frustrated, and unwillingness to be involved. In order to develop vocational college students' autonomy, this study integrated on...
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Prospective Teachers' Insights towards Scaffolding Students' Writing Processes through Teacher-Student Role Reversal in an Online System
Hui-Chin Yeh; Yu-Fen Yang
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 59, No. 3 (June 2011) pp. 351–368
Teachers are encouraged to plan their teaching based on students' needs from the student-centered perspectives. Of the many teacher training programs, teacher-student role reversal is regarded as one of the most effective avenues to help teachers...
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Metacognitive Process in Online Text Construction
Hui-Chin Yeh; Yu-Fen Yang
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 3 (2011) pp. 82–101
Many studies have reported the results of how students constructed texts, yet the cognitive process of how texts were constructed by sentences and how the constructive process was formulated and reformulated have rarely been addressed. This study...
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Negotiation of Meaning to Comprehend Hypertexts through Peer Questioning
Yu-Fen Yang; Pei-Yin Hsieh
Language Learning & Technology Vol. 19, No. 2 pp. 69–84
Many college students who study English as a Foreign Language (EFL) are less-proficient readers as they have few opportunities to negotiate their perspectives for creating meaning through peer questioning in onsite instruction. This study reports on ...
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A Collective Case Study of Online Interaction Patterns in Text Revisions
Yu-Fen Yang; Shan-Pi Wu
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 2 (2011) pp. 1–15
Learning happens through interaction with others. The purpose of this study is to investigate how online interaction patterns affect students' text revisions. As a sample, 25 undergraduate students were recruited to play multiple roles as writers,...
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The Impact of Externalizing Readers' Mental Representation on the Comprehension of Online Texts
Yu-Fen Yang; Ya-Chen Hung
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 11, No. 4 (2008) pp. 246–264
This study reports on our design of a computer system which supports the understanding of how students construct their mental representation of references and how the construction failures impede their reading comprehension. Three modules, "User...
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The Effects of Online Feedback Training on Students' Text Revision
Yu-Fen Yang; Wen-Ting Meng
Language Learning & Technology Vol. 17, No. 2 pp. 220–238
Oftentimes, college students who learn English as a Foreign Language (EFL) provide their peers with incorrect and misleading feedback during text revision. To improve the effectiveness of peer feedback, this study examined the degree to which online ...
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Developmental Progression of Referential Resolution in Comprehending Online Texts
Yu-Fen Yang; Ya-Chen Hung
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 2 (2009) pp. 283–297
The purpose of this study is to examine readers' comprehension as they develop their mental representation of reference in four sequential online texts. A total of 92 college students from three reading classes were recruited to complete the...
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Investigating readers’ mental maps of references in an online system
Yu-Fen Yang; Wing-Kwong Wong; Hui-Chin Yeh
Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 799–808
Referential identification and resolution are considered the keys to help readers grasp the main idea of a text and solve lexical ambiguities. The goal of this study is to design a computer system for helping college students who learn English as a...
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A Computer System of Referential Resolution to Assess Students' Reading Comprehension
Yu-Fen Yang; Wing-Kwong Wong; Hui-Chin Yeh
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 11, No. 4 (2008) pp. 173–189
The major purpose of this study is to assist college students in constructing mental representation of referential resolution in a computer system. Ninety students were asked to draw mental maps indicating the relationships between references, take...