Search results for author:"Yu-chu Yeh"
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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