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Yu-Chu Yeh
Institute of Teacher Education, National Chengchi University
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Analyzing Online Behaviors, Roles, and Learning Communities via Online Discussions
Yu-Chu Yeh
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 13, No. 1 (2010) pp. 140–151
Online learning communities are an important means of sharing and creating knowledge. Online behaviors and online roles can reveal how online learning communities function. However, no study has elucidated the relationships among online behaviors,...
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What Personal Traits Would Matter to the Improvement of Personal Teaching Efficacy in a Computer-Simulation Training?
Yu-Chu Yeh
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3456–3459
Personal teaching efficacy refers to a teacher's belief that he or she has the competence and skills to bring about student learning; it is related to a teacher's enthusiasm in teaching as well as the effectiveness in the classroom. To enhance the...
Topics: Training, Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Intelligence
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A Four-stage Model of Online Community Development
Yu-chu Yeh
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 2026–2031
This study integrated collaborative problem-based learning with blended learning to explore the emerging process and function of online learning communities among preservice teachers. Thirty-two preservice teachers participated in an 18-week...
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Aptitude-treatment interactions in preservice teachers’ behavior change during computer-simulated teaching
Yu-Chu Yeh
Computers & Education Vol. 48, No. 3 (April 2007) pp. 495–507
Adapting training methods to specific teacher traits to best facilitate the training effects for preservice teachers is an important, yet neglected, topic in aptitude-treatment interaction research. This study investigated interactions between four...
Topics: Preservice Teacher Education
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Intrapersonal Intelligence, Critical-thinking Ability, and Preservice Teachers' Behavioral Change in a Computer Simulation
Yu-chu Yeh
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2281–2284
Teachers typically infuse their instruction with their own abilities, which greatly influences their use of teacher behaviors. Understanding preservice teachers' abilities pertaining to their professional development and the manner in which they are ...
Topics: Training, Computers, Professional Development, Behavior, Intelligence
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Teacher training for critical thinking instruction via a computer simulation
Yu-chu Yeh
(1997) pp. 1–208
The purposes of this study are: (a) to test the effectiveness of teacher training for critical-thinking instruction among preservice teachers via a computer simulation; (b) to explore the relationships among preservice teachers' training-involvement ...
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Nurturing reflective teaching during critical-thinking instruction in a computer simulation program
Yu-Chu Yeh
Computers & Education Vol. 42, No. 2 (February 2004) pp. 181–194
Nurturing reflective teaching and improving critical-thinking instruction are two important goals in teacher education, but these are only achievable when teachers-in-training are provided with opportunities for building professional knowledge and...
Language: English
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Integrating E-Learning into the Direct-Instruction Model to Enhance the Effectiveness of Critical-Thinking Instruction
Yu-Chu Yeh
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 37, No. 2 (March 2009) pp. 185–203
The "Direct-instruction Model" favors the use of teacher explanations and modeling combined with student practice and feedback to teach thinking skills. Using this paradigm, this study incorporates e-learning during an 18-week experimental...
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Assessing Teacher Ethnic and Gender Biases via a Teaching Simulation
Yu-chu Yeh
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1995 (1995) pp. 547–550
Recent literature reveals that while interacting with their students, many public school teachers exhibit behaviors that promote destructive gender and ethnic stereotypes (see Sadker & Sadker, 1994, and Murray & Clark, 1990, respectively). The...
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A co-creation blended KM model for cultivating critical-thinking skills
Yu-chu Yeh
Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 4 (December 2012) pp. 1317–1327
Both critical thinking (CT) and knowledge management (KM) skills are necessary elements for a university student’s success. Therefore, this study developed a co-creation blended KM model to cultivate university students’ CT skills and to explore the ...
Language: English
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Integrating collaborative PBL with blended learning to explore preservice teachers’ development of online learning communities
Yu-chu Yeh
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 26, No. 8 (November 2010) pp. 1630–1640
This study integrated collaborative problem-based learning (collaborative PBL) with blended learning to explore the emerging process and function of online learning communities among preservice teachers. Thirty-two preservice teachers participated...
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The Mediating Role of Self-Regulation on Harmonious Passion, Obsessive Passion, and Knowledge Management in E-Learning
Yu-chu Yeh; Ling-Hui Chu
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 3 (2018) pp. 615–637
Few studies have investigated whether harmonious passion (HP) and obsessive passion (OP) make a distinctive contribution to explaining individual differences in knowledge management through self-regulation in e-learning contexts. This study aimed to ...
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From Knowledge Sharing to Knowledge Creation: A Blended Knowledge-Management Model for Improving University Students' Creativity
Yu-chu Yeh; Yi-ling Yeh; Yu-Hua Chen
Thinking Skills and Creativity Vol. 7, No. 3 (December 2012) pp. 245–257
Creativity and knowledge management are both important competences that university students need to strive to develop. This study therefore developed and evaluated an instructional program for improving university students' creativity based on a...
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Nurturing Reflective Teaching in a Computer Simulation Program: An Investigation of Intervention Effects
Yu-chu Yeh; Harold R. Strang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2163–2165
Nurturing reflective teaching and improving critical-thinking instructions are two important goals of teacher education. Both goals can be achieved only when teachers-in-training are provided with opportunities for building professional knowledge...
Topics: Behavior, Teachers, Instructional Design
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The Impact of a Computer Simulation on Critical-thinking Instruction
Yu-chu Yeh; Harold R. Strang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 994–997
Many studies suggest that effective teaching can significantly improve students’ critical thinking (e.g., Ennis, Millman, & Tomko, 1985; Knight, Wexman, & Padron, 1989; Williams, 1987). Professional knowledge (Michelli, Pines, & Oxman-Michelli, 1990)...
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The Impact of a Computer Simulation on Critical-thinking Instruction
Yu-chu Yeh; Harold R. Strang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 994–997
Many studies suggest that effective teaching can significantly improve students’ critical thinking (e.g., Ennis, Millman, & Tomko, 1985; Knight, Wexman, & Padron, 1989; Williams, 1987). Professional knowledge (Michelli, Pines, & Oxman-Michelli, 1990)...
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Meaningful Gamification for Journalism Students to Enhance Their Critical Thinking Skills
Ling-Yi Huang; Yu-Chu Yeh
International Journal of Game-Based Learning Vol. 7, No. 2 (April 2017) pp. 47–62
Training in critical thinking is essential for the professional development of journalism students. To achieve this goal, this study developed a gamified platform and a blended learning curriculum. During an 18-week experimental instruction period,...
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Typology of teacher perception toward distance education issues – A study of college information department teachers in Taiwan
Yu-Hui Tao; Chu-Chen Rosa Yeh
Computers & Education Vol. 50, No. 1 (January 2008) pp. 23–36
The popularity of distance education has grown rapidly over the last decade in Taiwan’s higher education, yet many fundamental teaching–learning issues are still in debate. While teacher–student interaction is a key success factor in distance...
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Aptitude-Treatment Interactions during Creativity Training in E-Learning: How Meaning-Making, Self-Regulation, and Knowledge Management Influence Creativity
Yu-chu Yeh; Chun Fu Lin
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 1 pp. 119–131
The goal of aptitude-treatment interactions (ATIs) is to find the interactions between treatments and learners' aptitudes and therefore to achieve optimal learning. This study aimed at understanding whether the aptitudes of meaning-making, self...
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The Effects of Infusing E-learning into the Instruction of Minority Language in Taiwan
Kai Ming Huang; Yu-Chu Yeh
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 5445–5448
Minority languages themselves are valuable cultural assets; the reservation of such assets should contribute to multicultural education and the development of multicultural society. Since the explosion in technology has many implications for...
Topics: Educational Technology, Culture, Multicultural Education, Languages
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Knowledge management in blended learning: Effects on professional development in creativity instruction
Yu-chu Yeh; Ling-yi Huang; Yi-ling Yeh
Computers & Education Vol. 56, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 146–156
The purposes of this study were (1) to develop a teacher training program that integrates knowledge management (KM) and blended learning and examine its effects on pre-service teachers’ professional development in creativity instruction; and (2) to...
Language: English
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Mindful learning: A mediator of mastery experience during digital creativity game-based learning among elementary school students
Yu-chu Yeh; Han-Lin Chang; Szu-Yu Chen
Computers & Education Vol. 132, No. 1 (April 2019) pp. 63–75
With the mounting empirical evidence of the benefits of mindfulness, the researchers of the present study incorporated mindful learning in digital game-based learning of creativity. A two-phase study was conducted to (1) develop the "Inventory of...
Language: English
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College students' intention to continue using a personal response system: Deriving a model from four theoretical perspectives
Chu-Chen Yeh; Yu-Hui Tao; Yu-Hui Tao
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 5 (Jan 01, 2012)
The use of personal response systems (PRS) in classrooms is gaining popularity in the higher education institutes of Taiwan. However, past research rarely adopts theories from the information system domains, and their focus was primarily on the UK...
Language: English
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Enhancing creativity through aesthetics-integrated computer-based training: The effectiveness of a FACE approach and exploration of moderators
Yu-chu Yeh; Elisa Marie Rega; Szu-Yu Chen
Computers & Education Vol. 139, No. 1 (October 2019) pp. 48–64
The majority of creativity enrichment research has focused on creative skills pertaining to originality which is assessed by divergent thinking tests. This study aimed to explore a new-paradigm for creativity enhancement—improving creativity through ...
Language: English
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A New Management Approach with Rule-based Expert System in Wiki Platforms
Chun Fu Lin; Yu-chu Yeh; Yu Hsin Hung
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1418–1422
A wiki is a group collaboration software tool based on the Web server technology. In this study, we developed a rule-based expert system (RBES) for wiki management to facilitate knowledge management and knowledge creation in operation settings. To...
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Responding to Student Learning Styles Within a Visual Basic Simulation
Harold R. Strang; Amie K. Sullivan; Yu-Chu Yeh
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 652–654
Building on the research that Strang and Yeh (1995) conducted with the Curry Teaching Simulation, this study employs the recently developed Teaching Decisions (TD) Simulation (Strang, 1996) to explore how preservice teachers respond to software...
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Using a Computer Simulation To Explore Teacher Lesson Planning
Amie K. Sullivan; Yu-chu Yeh; Harold R. Strang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 998–1001
Computer simulations offer a unique opportunity to research ways to improve teacher education. Over the past fifteen years, Curry Teaching simulations have been used to study preservice teachers’ acquisition of a variety of important professional...
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Using a Computer Simulation To Explore Teacher Lesson Planning
Amie K. Sullivan; Yu-chu Yeh; Harold R. Strang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 998–1001
Computer simulations offer a unique opportunity to research ways to improve teacher education. Over the past fifteen years, Curry Teaching simulations have been used to study preservice teachers’ acquisition of a variety of important professional...
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Employing a Blended KM Model to Improve University Student’ Critical Thinking
Yu-chu Yeh; Yueh-Yin Peng; Chun Fu Lin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 2132–2136
Both critical thinking and knowledge management (KM) skills are regarded as important elements for a university student’s success. This study therefore developed a blended KM-based training program to cultivate university students’ critical-thinking ...
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Data mining for providing a personalized learning path in creativity: An application of decision trees
Chun Fu Lin; Yu-chu Yeh; Yu Hsin Hung; Ray I Chang
Computers & Education Vol. 68, No. 1 (October 2013) pp. 199–210
Customizing a learning environment to optimize personal learning has recently become a popular trend in e-learning. Because creativity has become an essential skill in the current e-learning epoch, this study aims to develop a personalized...
Language: English
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The Effects of Integrating E-learning into the Direct-instruction Model
Yu-Chu Yeh; Li-Chuan Lin; Kai-Ming Huang; Chi-Che Lin; Yueh-Yin Peng
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 1539–1543
The Direct-instruction Model favors the use of teacher explanations and modeling combined with student practice and feedback to teach thinking skills. Using this paradigm, this study incorporates e-learning during an 18-week experimental instruction ...
Topics: Teachers, Instructional Design
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How stress influences creativity in game-based situations: Analysis of stress hormones, negative emotions, and working memory
Yu-chu Yeh; Guey-Jen Lai; Chun Fu Lin; Chung-Wei Lin; Hua-Chun Sun
Computers & Education Vol. 81, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 143–153
This study aims to integrate neuroscientific techniques into a behavioral experimental design to investigate how stress stimuli may influence stress hormones and negative emotions, subsequently affecting working memory (WM) and creativity in game...
Language: English
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Research Trends in Technology-Based Learning from 2000 to 2009: A Content Analysis of Publications in Selected Journals
Yu-Chen Hsu; Hsin Ning Jessie Ho; Chin-Chung Tsai; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Hui-Chun Chu; Chin-Yeh Wang; Nian-Shing Chen
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 2 (2012) pp. 354–370
This paper provides a content analysis of studies in technology-based learning (TBL) that were published in five Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) journals (i.e. "the British Journal of Educational Technology, Computers & Education, Educational...