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Yang, Chao-Ming; Hsu, Tzu-Fan – International Education Studies, 2015
The rationales behind design are dissimilar to those behind art. Establishing an adequate theoretical foundation for conducting design education can facilitate scientising design methods. Thus, from the perspectives of the semiotic theories proposed by Saussure and Peirce, we investigated graphic design curricula by performing teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semiotics, Design, Graphic Arts
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Yang, Hui-Yu – CALICO Journal, 2014
The present research reports the findings of three experiments which explore how subtitles and advance organizers affect EFL learners' listening comprehension of authentic videos. EFL learners are randomly assigned to one of two groups. The control group receives no treatment and the experimental group receives the experimental conditions of one…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Listening Comprehension, Transcripts (Written Records), Video Technology
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Hsiao, Hsien-Sheng; Chang, Cheng-Sian; Lin, Chiou-Yan; Chen, Berlin; Wu, Chia-Hou; Lin, Chien-Yu – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
In this study, a system was developed to offer adaptive remedial instruction materials to learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). The Chinese Listening and Speaking Diagnosis and Remedial Instruction (CLSDRI) system integrated computerized diagnostic tests and remedial instruction materials to diagnose errors made in listening…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Listening Comprehension Tests, Chinese, Foreign Countries
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Wu, Chih-Hsiang; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Kuo, Fan-Ray; Huang, Iwen – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
Educators have indicated that creative teaching is the most important educational activity; nevertheless, most existing education systems fail to engage students in effective creative tasks. To address this issue, this study proposes a mind map based collaborative learning approach for supporting creative learning activities and enhancing…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Learning Activities, Student Projects
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Lin, Kuan-Cheng; Wei, Yu Che; Hung, Jason C. – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2012
Many studies demonstrate that Digital Game Based Learning (DGBL) can foster learning effect. The purpose of this study is to survey whether the online game in junior high school students can encourage learning effect in Taiwan's History. So, the research applied Interactive Game-based Learning System (IGLS) to junior high history teaching as an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes, High School Students
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Tsai, Pei-Shan; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Hung, Chun-Ming; Huang, Iwen – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
This study aims to develop an electronic library-based learning environment to support teachers in developing web-based problem-solving activities and analyzing the online problem-solving behaviors of students. Two experiments were performed in this study. In study 1, an experiment on 103 elementary and high school teachers (the learning activity…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Experienced Teachers, Teaching Methods, Internet
Tsai, Wehn-Jyuan; Liu, Jin-Tan; Chou, Shin-Yi; Grossman, Michael – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
We exploit a natural experiment to estimate the causal impact of parental education on educational outcomes of their children when they are high school seniors. In 1968, the Taiwanese government extended compulsory education from 6 to 9 years and opened over 150 new junior high schools at a differential rate among regions. We form treatment and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Junior High Schools, Human Capital, Compulsory Education
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Chan, Ke-Sheng – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2005
This study attempts to determine whether there exists a negative interconnection between the creative and testable nature-of-science (NOS) conceptions in college students' conceptual ecology by investigating, through a pair of IHV-assisted teaching experiments, the effect of raising the status of each NOS conception in students' conceptual ecology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Principles