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Liao, Mei-Ying; Davidson, Jane W. – International Journal of Music Education, 2016
The main purpose of the current study was to examine the effects of gesture and movement training for beginning children's choirs with regard to improving intonation. It was a between-subjects design with one independent variable Training Technique (TT). One dependent variable was measured: intonation in the singing of vocal pattern warm-up…
Descriptors: Music Education, Nonverbal Communication, Motion, Singing
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Hsu, Hsiao-Ping; Tsai, Bor-Wen; Chen, Che-Ming – Journal of Geography, 2018
Teaching high-school geomorphological concepts and topographic map reading entails many challenges. This research reports the applicability and effectiveness of Google Earth in teaching topographic map skills and geomorphological concepts, by a single teacher, in a one-computer classroom. Compared to learning via a conventional instructional…
Descriptors: Maps, Map Skills, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
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Liao, Mei-Ying; Davidson, Jane W. – Music Education Research, 2016
Studies have shown positive results for the use of gesture as a successful technique in aiding children's singing. The main purpose of this study was to examine the effects of movement training for children with regard to enhancing gesture quality. Thirty-six fifth-grade students participated in the empirical investigation. They were randomly…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Singing, Grade 5, Randomized Controlled Trials
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Hung, Hsiu-Ting – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
Flipped classrooms continue to grow in popularity across all levels of education. Following this pedagogical trend, the present study aimed to enhance the face-to-face instruction in flipped classrooms with the use of clickers. A game-like clicker application was implemented through a bring your own device (BYOD) model to gamify classroom dynamics…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Audience Response Systems
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Yang, Mau-Tsuen; Liao, Wan-Che – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2014
The physical-virtual immersion and real-time interaction play an essential role in cultural and language learning. Augmented reality (AR) technology can be used to seamlessly merge virtual objects with real-world images to realize immersions. Additionally, computer vision (CV) technology can recognize free-hand gestures from live images to enable…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation, Interaction, Nonverbal Communication