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Hsu, Liwei – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
This study explores the applicability of various Web 2.0 technologies in hospitality education in Taiwan. The affordances of Web 2.0 technologies have dramatically changed the landscape of higher education, and hospitality education is no exception. The research presented here involved the distribution of a large-scale survey to all hospitality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Lewandowsky, Stephan; Yang, Lee-Xieng; Newell, Ben R.; Kalish, Michael L. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2012
Working memory is crucial for many higher level cognitive functions, ranging from mental arithmetic to reasoning and problem solving. Likewise, the ability to learn and categorize novel concepts forms an indispensable part of human cognition. However, very little is known about the relationship between working memory and categorization. This…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Classification, Structural Equation Models, Short Term Memory
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Chiang, Wen-Wei; Liu, Chia-Ju – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
Contemporary research into science education has generally been conducted from the perspective of "conceptual change" in learning. This study sought to extend previous work by recognizing that human rationality can be influenced by the emotions generated by the learning environment and specific actions related to learning. Methods used…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Environment, Educational Psychology, Emotional Development