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Cheng, Ping-Han; Yang, Ya-Ting Carolyn; Chang, Shih-Hui Gilbert; Kuo, Fan-Ray Revon – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2016
In recent years, many universities have opened courses to increase students' knowledge in the field of nanotechnology. These have been shown to increase students' knowledge of nanotechnology, but beyond this, advanced and applied nanotechnology courses should also focus on learning motivation and scientific enquiry abilities to equip students to…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Scientific Methodology, Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning
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Sun, Jerry Chih-Yuan; Lee, Kuan-Hsien – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of the integration of concept maps and tablet PCs in anti-phishing education for enhancing students' learning motivation and achievement. The subjects were 155 students from grades 8 and 9. They were divided into an experimental group (77 students) and a control group (78 students). To begin…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods, Concept Mapping, Handheld Devices
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Yang, Kai-Ti; Wang, Tzu-Hua; Chiu, Mei-Hung – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
This research investigates the effectiveness of integrating Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) into the junior high school biology teaching. This research adopts a quasi-experimental design and divides the participating students into the conventional ICT-integrated learning environment and IWB-integrated learning environment. Before teaching, students…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Biology, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education
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Yu, Pao-Ta; Lai, Yen-Shou; Tsai, Hung-Hsu; Chang, Yuan-Hou – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
This paper describes a multimodality approach that helps primary-school students improve their learning performance during music instruction. Multimedia instruction is an effective way to help learners create meaningful knowledge and to make referential connections between mental representations. This paper proposes a multimodal, dual-channel,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Intermode Differences, Multimedia Instruction
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Yang, Der-Ching; Wu, Wan-Ru – Journal of Educational Research, 2010
The authors compared the performance of students who received integration of number sense activities in instruction with students who received instruction using regular mathematics textbooks. Two classes of third-grade students (N = 60) were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Students in each group were given a pretest, post I…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness
Tsai-Fu, Tsai; Wu, Yongan – New Horizons in Education, 2010
Background: The effect of note-taking has been well-recognized by EFL educators. However, little empirical research has been done to investigate combined effects of note-taking instruction and note-taking language (whether in L1 or L2) in an acquisition-poor environment, where English is used as an instructional language yet the audience is…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Listening Comprehension, Notetaking, Language of Instruction
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Chuang, Tsung-Yen; Chen, Wei-Fan – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This experimental study investigated whether computer-based video games facilitate children's cognitive learning. In comparison to traditional computer-assisted instruction (CAI), this study explored the impact of the varied types of instructional delivery strategies on children's learning achievement. One major research null hypothesis was…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods