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Mathematics Intelligent Tutoring System for Learning Multiplication and Division of Fractions Based on Diagnostic Teaching
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Shih, Shu-Chuan; Chang, Chih-Chia; Kuo, Bor-Chen; Huang, Yu-Han – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
A one-on-one dialogue-based mathematics intelligent tutoring system (ITS) for learning multiplication and division of fractions was developed and evaluated in this study. This system could identify students' error types and misconceptions in real-time by using a block-based matching method. The adaptive dialogue-based instruction was supported by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Multiplication, Division
Promoting Students' Programming Logic and Problem-Solving Awareness with Precision Feedback: A Two-Tier Test-Based Online Programming Training Approach
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Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Tung, Li-Hsien; Fang, Jian-Wen – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
Fostering students' computer programming skills has become an important educational issue in the globe. However, it remains a challenge for students to understand those abstract concepts when learning computer programming, implying the need to provide instant learning diagnosis and feedback in computer programming activities. In this study, a…
Descriptors: Programming, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Computer Science Education
Diagnosing Students' Misconceptions in Number Sense via a Web-Based Two-Tier Test
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Lin, Yung-Chi; Yang, Der-Ching; Li, Mao-Neng – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
A web-based two-tier test (WTTT-NS) which combined the advantages of traditional written tests and interviews in assessing number sense was developed and applied to assess students' answers and reasons for the questions. In addition, students' major misconceptions can be detected. A total of 1,248 sixth graders in Taiwan were selected to…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Number Concepts, Numbers, Number Systems
Inquire Learning Effects to Elementary School Students' Nanotechnology Instructions
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Chen, Yueh-Yun; Lu, Chow-Chin; Sung, Chia-Chi – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2012
Nanotechnology is an emerging science that involved in different fields. This research inquired elementary school students' learning effect by using quasi-experiment, expositive-teaching and experiential-teaching methods for nanotechnology in the microcosmic world. By utilized the pretest "Nanotechnology Situational Questionnaire (NSQ)",…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Cognitive Development
A Study of Multi-Representation of Geometry Problem Solving with Virtual Manipulatives and Whiteboard System
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Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Su, Jia-Han; Huang, Yueh-Min; Dong, Jian-Jie – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
In this paper, the development of an innovative Virtual Manipulatives and Whiteboard (VMW) system is described. The VMW system allowed users to manipulate virtual objects in 3D space and find clues to solve geometry problems. To assist with multi-representation transformation, translucent multimedia whiteboards were used to provide a virtual 3D…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Geometry, Misconceptions
Current as the Key Concept of Taiwanese Students' Understandings of Electric Circuits
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Tsai, Chia-Hsing; Chen, Hsueh-Yu; Chou, Ching-Yang; Lain, Kuen-Der – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to report the results of a nationwide survey of Taiwanese high schools students' understandings about electric circuits. The study involved two stratified random samples consisting of 7,145 students in Grades 8 and 9, and 2,857 students in Grade 11, accounting for about 2.3% of the total enrolment in the corresponding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 11
Initiating Change in Students' Achievement and Alternative Frameworks through a Problem Solving Based Instructional Model.
Chang, Chun-Yen; Barufaldi, James P. – 1997
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a problem solving based instructional model on earth science students' achievement and alternative frameworks. Students' opinions toward the instructional method were also investigated. The investigations employed a pretest/posttest control group design to detect any significant change.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Earth Science, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries