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The Development and Validation of a Mechanical Critical Thinking Scale for High School Students
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Yu, Kuang-Chao; Lin, Kuen-Yi; Chang, Shu-Fen – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to develop a mechanical critical thinking scale for high school students. A stratified random sampling method was used to establish the norms. After pre-tests and item analysis, the scale was determined to have five subtest sections (i.e., recognition of assumptions, induction, deduction, interpretation, and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, High School Students, Foreign Countries, Item Analysis
Technology Teachers' Attitudes toward Nuclear Energy and Their Implications for Technology Education
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Lee, Lung-Sheng; Yang, Hsiu-Chuan – Online Submission, 2013
The purpose of this paper was to explore high-school (grades 10-12) technology teachers' attitudes toward nuclear energy and their implications to technology education. A questionnaire was developed to solicit 323 high-school technology teachers' responses in June 2013 and 132 (or 41%) valid questionnaires returned. Consequently, the following…
Descriptors: High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Nuclear Energy, Technology Education
The Perpetration of School Violence in Taiwan: An Analysis of Gender, Grade Level and School Type
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Chen, Ji-Kang; Astor, Ron Avi – School Psychology International, 2009
Using a nationally representative sample in Taiwan, this study aims to describe the prevalence of perpetration of school violence in Taiwan. The study explores how gender, age and school type relate to students' perpetration of violence in an Asian culture context. The sample included 14,022 students from elementary to high schools in grades 4 to…
Descriptors: Violence, Asian Culture, Incidence, Prevention
Who Is the Avid Adolescent Reader in Taiwan? The Role of Gender, Family, and Teacher
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Chen, Su-Yen – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2008
While studies of reluctant adolescent readers generally focus on "what is not working" and suggest having instructional practices more responsive to students' needs, this study on avid secondary school readers centers its attention on "what might have been working" and provides empirical support for the importance of the…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, National Surveys, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Students' Reports of Violence against Teachers in Taiwanese Schools
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Chen, Ji-Kang; Astor, Ron Avi – Journal of School Violence, 2009
This study reports preliminary findings of a national survey on student violence against teachers in Taiwanese schools; 14,022 students from elementary to high school (grades 4 to 12) participate in this study. Students were given a structured and anonymous questionnaire including a scale for reporting their violent behavior against teachers.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Violence, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
The Study of Personal Constructs of Death and Fear of Death among Taiwanese Adolescents
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Yang, Shu Ching; Chen, Shih-Fen – Death Studies, 2009
This study administered an open-ended questionnaire about death and the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale (MODS) to explore the relationships between personal constructs about death and fears of death among Taiwanese adolescents. The sample included 329 adolescents in junior and senior high school grades 7 to 12. A coding manual was used to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Content Analysis, Fear, Death