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Lee, Silvia Wen-Yu; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Hsu, Chung-Yuan; Chien, Francis Pingfan; Tsai, Meng-Jung – Educational Technology & Society, 2023
One of the major purposes of this study is to investigate the potential impact of gender and information and computer technology (ICT) resources on students' computational thinking (CT) competencies. To this end, the Computational Thinking Test for Junior High Students (CTT-JH) was developed and validated. Research participants included 437 junior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Access to Computers, Educational Technology
Yuefeng Sun – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The PISA assessment indicated that the United States performs at the bottom tier among OECD membership nations in secondary school math education. The dearth of math proficiency presented a significant problem for the United States to maintain its future leadership in global technology. The purpose of this exploratory multiple case study was to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Achievement Tests
Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Chiang, Yi-Lin – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2021
Scholars generally agree that financial deprivation negatively affects students' educational outcomes. However, while absolute levels of resources are important, individuals' perceived relative economic wellbeing also shape their educational outcomes. This article asks whether attending school with peers from comparably richer families is related…
Descriptors: Expectation, Academic Aspiration, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries
Huang, Becky H.; Bailey, Alison L.; Sass, Daniel A.; Shawn Chang, Yung-hsiang – Language Testing, 2021
Given the increasing emphasis of communicative competence in English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts and the lack of validation research on speaking assessments for adolescent EFL learners, in the current study we examined the validity of the TOEFL JuniorĀ® speaking test, a relatively new speaking assessment developed by Educational Testing…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Chen, Wei-Ru; Chen, Li-Ming – Educational Studies, 2019
The current scales for self-blame are not suitable for school bullying scenarios and most lack validity. This study used a self-developed scale to measure bullied victims' tendency to self-blame and further examined whether victims and bully/victims exhibited different tendencies toward self-blame under both bullied and generalized scenarios. The…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
Wang, Ya-Ling; Tsai, Chin-Chung – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2016
This study aimed to investigate the factors accounting for science learning self-efficacy (the specific beliefs that people have in their ability to complete tasks in science learning) from both the teacher and the student levels. We thus propose a multilevel model to delineate its relationships with teacher and student science hardiness (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Science Instruction, Questionnaires, Asians
Lai, Hsiang-Ru; Chou, Wei-Lun; Miao, Nae-Fang; Wu, Yu-Ping; Lee, Pi-Hsia; Jwo, Jiunn-Chern – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: A good classroom environment can promote students' learning motivation and affect their academic efficacy and adaptation. This study compares the perceptions of Taiwanese middle school students regarding actual and preferred classroom environments and explores the association with sex and grade level. Methods: Data were collected using…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
Yang, Der-Ching; Lin, Yung-Chi – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the differences between Finnish and Taiwanese textbooks for grades 7 to 9 on the topic of solving systems of linear equations (simultaneous equations). The specific textbooks examined were TK in Taiwan and FL in Finland. The content analysis method was used to examine (a) the teaching sequence, (b)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Textbook Evaluation, Grade 7
Chen, Li-Ming; Chang, Lennon Y. C.; Cheng, Ying-Yao – School Psychology International, 2016
This study examined the determinants of students' willingness to intervene in bullying incidents, as well as the process underlying students' defending behaviors. The participants were 24 students (12 defenders and 12 outsiders) recruited from six secondary schools in southern Taiwan. The study used semi-structured interviews to collect…
Descriptors: Bullying, Student Behavior, Student Role, Secondary School Students
Clark, Douglas B.; Nelson, Brian C.; Chang, Hsin-Yi; Martinez-Garza, Mario; Slack, Kent; D'Angelo, Cynthia M. – Computers & Education, 2011
This study investigates the potential of a digital game that overlays popular game-play mechanics with formal physics representations and terminology to support explicit learning and exploration of Newtonian mechanics. The analysis compares test data, survey data, and observational data collected during implementations in Taiwan and the United…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Research and Development, Student Attitudes, Mechanics (Physics)
Chang, Shu-Nu – Journal of Biological Education, 2007
The purpose of this study is to use concept maps as an "expressed model" to investigate students' mental models regarding the homeostasis of blood sugar. The difficulties in learning the concept of homeostasis and in probing mental models have been revealed in many studies. Homeostasis of blood sugar is one of the themes in junior high…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Concept Mapping, Interviews, Biology
Chen, Huey-Shys; Sheu, Jiunn-Jye; Chen, W. William – Health Education & Behavior, 2006
The purpose of this study was to conduct psychometric testing on the Chinese version of the decisional balance scale (CDBS) with Taiwanese seventh, eighth, and ninth graders who were recruited from the Taipei metropolitan area. A random cluster sampling method was used with 554 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17 years. Factor analysis…
Descriptors: Smoking, Testing, Construct Validity, Adolescents