Developing a web-based two-tier test for internet literacy     

Chien Chou  Chin-Chung Tsai  Pei-Shan Chan 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2007,38(2):369-372

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Promoting elementary students’ epistemology of science through computer-supported knowledge-building discourse and epistemic reflection     

Feng Lin  Carol K. K. Chan 《International Journal of Science Education》2018,40(6):668-687

This study examined the role of computer-supported knowledge-building discourse and epistemic reflection in promoting elementary-school students’ scientific epistemology and science learning. The participants were 39 Grade 5 students who were collectively pursuing ideas and inquiry for knowledge advance using Knowledge Forum (KF) while studying a unit on electricity; they also reflected on the epistemic nature of their discourse. A comparison class of 22 students, taught by the same teacher, studied the same unit using the school’s established scientific investigation method. We hypothesised that engaging students in idea-driven and theory-building discourse, as well as scaffolding them to reflect on the epistemic nature of their discourse, would help them understand their own scientific collaborative discourse as a theory-building process, and therefore understand scientific inquiry as an idea-driven and theory-building process. As hypothesised, we found that students engaged in knowledge-building discourse and reflection outperformed comparison students in scientific epistemology and science learning, and that students’ understanding of collaborative discourse predicted their post-test scientific epistemology and science learning. To further understand the epistemic change process among knowledge-building students, we analysed their KF discourse to understand whether and how their epistemic practice had changed after epistemic reflection. The implications on ways of promoting epistemic change are discussed.  相似文献   

How children living in poor areas of Dar Es Salaam,Tanzania perceive their own multiple intelligences     

Pauline Dixon  Steve Humble  David W. Chan 《牛津教育评论》2016,42(2):230-248

This study was carried out with 1,857 poor children from 17 schools, living in low-income areas of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. All children took the ‘Student Multiple Intelligences Profile’ (SMIP) questionnaire as part of a bigger project that gathered data around concepts and beliefs of talent. This paper sets out two aims, first to investigate the structural representation of the self perceived multiple intelligences for this set of children and second to discuss how the best fit model might reflect children’s culture and their school experiences. After carrying out exploratory factor analysis, a four factor first order model was shown to have a good fit. A higher order factor solution was investigated owing to the correlation of two latent constructs. In order to provide some insight into the multiple intelligences construct the relationship between the SMIP items, student test outcomes and attitudes to learning were examined. The item groupings were explored through African cultural beliefs around intelligences indigenous to African communities.  相似文献   

An examination of the criterion validity and sensitivity to brief intervention of alternate curriculum‐based measures of writing skill     

Kristin A. Gansle  George H. Noell  Amanda M. Vanderheyden  Natalie J. Slider  Leila D. Hoffpauir  Ernest L. Whitmarsh  Gale M. Naquin 《Psychology in the schools》2004,41(3):291-300

Curriculum‐based measures have been validated for use in evaluating reading, mathematics, and writing skills (Marston, 1989). Despite its common use by school psychologists (Wilson & Reschly, 1996), the relationship between the Woodcock Johnson‐Revised and curriculum‐based measures of writing has not been evaluated. This study investigated the relationship between the Woodcock Johnson‐Revised Writing Samples subtest and alternate curriculum‐based measures of written expression. In addition, the sensitivity of the measures to the effects of a short group writing intervention was assessed. Forty‐five third and fourth graders participated in an intervention that consisted of brainstorming ideas, presenting those ideas on a dry‐erase board, and writing a complete sentence on paper with writing quality feedback before completing a CBM (curriculum‐based measurement) writing passage. Numbers of words written as well as five alternate measures of writing samples were used to assess the effects of the intervention. The intervention had a positive effect on total words written. Total punctuation marks, simple sentences, and words in complete sentences emerged as the best predictors of the Woodcock Johnson‐Revised Writing Samples subtest scores in regression analyses. The implications of the analyses, limitations of the study, and directions for future research are discussed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 41: 291–300, 2004.  相似文献   

The effects of cognitive strategy instruction on Chinese reading comprehension among Hong Kong low achieving students     

Kit- ling Lau  David W. Chan 《Reading and writing》2007,20(8):833-857

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive strategy instruction (CSI) on Chinese reading comprehension of Hong Kong low achieving students. A total of 88 Grade 7 students from four intact Chinese language remedial groups were randomly assigned to treatment and control conditions. Students in the treatment group received a 6-week Chinese CSI Program in their regular Chinese language lessons. The findings in this study generally supported that the Program had a positive impact on the reading development of low achieving students. Students who received strategy instruction made superior gains in comprehension performance, used more strategies during their reading process, had more knowledge about, strategy use, and showed a more positive attitude toward the reading instruction than did their peers who received traditional Chinese language instruction. Students’ improvements on their strategy use and reading comprehension were maintained 4 months after the termination of the Program. However, the positive treatment effects of the Program were not transferred to other school subject materials, and students’ reading motivation did not have significant changes after the Program. Factors contributing to the success of the Program as well as its limitations are discussed.  相似文献   

The GlobalEd Project: Gender differences in a problem-based learning environment of international negotiations     

Brown  Scott W.  Boyer  Mark A.  Mayall  Hayley J.  Johnson  Paula R.  Meng  Lin  Butler  Michael J.  Weir  Kimberly  Florea  Natalie  Hernandez  Magnolia  Reis  Sally 《Instructional Science》2003,31(4-5):255-276

The GlobalEd Project employs a technology richenvironment for high school students who wishto participate in a simulation of internationalrelations and negotiation. A simulationconsists of negotiations on a variety ofinternational policy issues conducted bystudents from 10–15 schools through anInternet-based interface. This study reportsthe findings of 234 high school participants'changes in academic and technologyself-efficacy skills, as well as knowledge,attitudes and behaviors related to academicpreparation and performance, the use ofeducational technology, and associated outcomesfrom participating in a simulation ofinternational relations. The results arediscussed in terms of the current literature onself-efficacy and gender differences incognitive process.  相似文献   

Contextualising the career pathways of women principals in Hong Kong: a critical examination     

Anita Kit-wa Chan  George Siu-keung Ngai  Po-king Choi 《Compare》2016,46(2):194-213

The fields of gender and educational leadership have been enriched recently by analyses of national case studies from non-western contexts. By contextualising women’s career development, these studies highlight the importance of including experiences other than those generated from Anglo-American-Australian contexts, thus broadening our knowledge base for more nuanced theorisation in the field. This paper contributes a close examination of the career histories of eight female primary school principals in Hong Kong. Our analyses identify a range of facilitators, including the expansion of promotion opportunities, strong values placed on education and training, professional encouragement and support and help in relieving family responsibilities. Valuable these factors may be, but we argue that they are incidental, informal, familial and individual, and incur the costs of burn-out and guilt. The discussion not only underlines the significance of case study and cultural and contextual specificities, it also provides a nuanced understanding of Chinese patriarchy.  相似文献   

Alternative assessment of high school laboratory skills     

Rodney L. Doran  Joan Boorman  Fred Chan  Nicholas Hejaily 《科学教学研究杂志》1993,30(9):1121-1131

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate instruments that will assess the laboratory skills of students completing high school science courses. In each of the science areas (biology, chemistry, and physics), tests were developed around six laboratory tasks. Each test used a two-part format with a total time of 80 minutes. Students had to plan an investigation, collect and organize appropriate data, and formulate conclusions based on calculations and graphs. A different test was developed for 12th-grade students not enrolled in a science course. This test consisted of a series of stations where students conducted a short activity that was presented to them. Over 1000 students from 32 Ohio schools formed the sample for this study. Data are presented by skill and by task. In addition, analysis for gender and school effects is included.  相似文献   

The Sum of Dichotomous Random Variables     

Yiu-Man Chan 《Teaching Statistics》1993,15(2):42-42

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曾国藩的书论与书法     

李潺 《湖南大众传媒职业技术学院学报》2002,2(3):102-106

曾国藩是一个对中国历史造成重大影响的人物。写字曾是曾国藩日课的三大内容之一。他在书法上走过了一条由泛到专、由继承古典到创新时尚的曲折探索之路。由乾坤大源,曾国藩深刻而具体入微地推出了他的书法阴阳美学说,对于当时的南北书派之说也有独到的认识。曾国藩十分重视用笔,认为雄奇加淡远,是书法艺术的最佳境界。曾国藩是一个在历史上有争议的人物,他一生苦心追求的书法艺术因而没有受到应有的重视。  相似文献