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Chang, Pei-Fen; Lin, Miao-Chen – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
This study investigates problem-solving difficulties of novices in a classroom setting, using a German instructional tool, the Fischertechnik kit of approximately 400 parts. In order to analyse the students' thinking processes as they solved the problems, verbal protocol analysis (VPA) was used to record the students'' thinking processes and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Novices, Student Characteristics, Student Behavior
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Liu, Hong-Cheng; Yen, Jih-Rong – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
The development of computers in the past two decades has resulted in the changes of education in enterprises and schools. The advance of computer hardware and platforms allow colleges generally applying distance courses to instruction that both Ministry of Education and colleges have paid attention to the development of Distance Learning. To…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Investigations, Educational Improvement
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Hsiung, C. -M. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2010
The present study conducts an experimental investigation to compare the efficiency of the cooperative learning method with that of the traditional learning method. A total of 42 engineering students are randomly assigned to the two learning conditions and are formed into mixed-ability groups comprising three team members. In addition to the…
Descriptors: Homework, Investigations, Prior Learning, Cooperative Learning
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Hung, Hsiu-Ting – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2009
Video is commonly employed as curriculum enhancement in the foreign language classroom. The use of video as a mediation tool for language production tasks is relatively less cognizant by researchers and practitioners, which points to an area worthy of investigation. This study, therefore, aimed to examine the potential of learner video production…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Investigations, Second Languages, Second Language Learning
Lin, Hsien Hong – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this investigation was to build the blueprint of Taiwanese public higher education's fundraising. This study applied three surveys (NSH, NSC, and NSF) to three populations' samples (public universities, corporations, and foundations in Taiwan) as well as qualitative interviews toward these three populations in order to explore…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Higher Education, Investigations, Universities
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Cardon, Peter W.; Scott, James Calvert – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2007
Problem: No systematic research has been conducted about loss of face in Chinese business culture. General research questions: What causes Chinese businesspeople to lose face when conducting business intraculturally and interculturally? Setting: People's Republic of China. Participants: 34 Chinese businesspeople from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou,…
Descriptors: Investigations, Cross Cultural Studies, Criticism, Foreign Countries