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Exploring Preschool Teachers' Conceptions of Teaching and Learning, and Their Self-Efficacy of Classroom Management and Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Shen, Kuan-Ming; Cheng, Yi-Wen; Lee, Min-Hsien – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
This study aimed to understand the relationship among conceptions of teaching and learning (COLT), classroom management self-efficacy (CMSE), and pedagogical content knowledge self-efficacy (PCKSE). A total of 485 in-service Taiwanese preschool teachers participating in this study completed three questionnaires, viz. the Conceptions of Teaching…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Self Efficacy, Classroom Techniques, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Identifying Taiwanese Teachers' Perceived Self-Efficacy for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Knowledge
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Lee, Min-Hsien; Hsu, Chung-Yuan; Chang, Chun-Yen – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2019
This study, first of all, aimed to develop a new survey to assess Taiwanese teachers' perceived self-efficacy in STEM knowledge. Second, it aimed to probe any differences in teachers' perceived self-efficacy in STEM knowledge regarding their gender and teaching subjects. Last, we examined the structural relations among teachers' perceived…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Effectiveness
High School Students' Conceptions of Science Laboratory Learning, Perceptions of the Science Laboratory Environment, and Academic Self-Efficacy in Science Learning
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Lee, Min-Hsien; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Wu, Ying-Tien; Chiou, Guo-Li; Hsu, Chung-Yuan; Wang, Chia-Yu; Lin, Jing-Wen; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2020
In the field of science education, laboratory learning environment has gained renewed interest in the recent decade. This study aimed to investigate the relationships among students' conceptions of science laboratory learning, perceptions of the science laboratory learning environment, and their academic self-efficacy in science learning by…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Science Laboratories, Science Education
High-School Students' Epistemic Knowledge of Science and Its Relation to Learner Factors in Science Learning
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Yang, Fang-Ying; Liu, Shiang-Yao; Hsu, Chung-Yuan; Chiou, Guo-Li; Wu, Hsin-Kai; Wu, Ying-Tien; Chen, Sufen; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Meng-Jung; Lee, Silvia W.-Y.; Lee, Min-Hsien; Lin, Che-Li; Chu, Regina Juchun; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Research in Science Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an online contextualized test for assessing students' understanding of epistemic knowledge of science. In addition, how students' understanding of epistemic knowledge of science interacts with learner factors, including time spent on science learning, interest, self-efficacy, and gender, was…
Descriptors: Science Education, Knowledge Level, Student Interests, Self Efficacy
Undergraduate Students' Earth Science Learning: Relationships among Conceptions, Approaches, and Learning Self-Efficacy in Taiwan
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Shen, Kuan-Ming; Lee, Min-Hsien; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Chang, Chun-Yen – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
In the area of science education research, studies have attempted to investigate conceptions of learning, approaches to learning, and self-efficacy, mainly focusing on science in general or on specific subjects such as biology, physics, and chemistry. However, few empirical studies have probed students' earth science learning. This study aimed to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Earth Science, Self Efficacy, Correlation
Exploring Teachers' Perceived Self Efficacy and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge with Respect to Educational Use of the World Wide Web
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Lee, Min-Hsien; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
Research in the area of educational technology has claimed that Web technology has driven online pedagogy such that teachers need to know how to use Web technology to assist their teaching. This study provides a framework for understanding teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge-Web (TPCK-W), while integrating Web technology into…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology