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Liu, Hsiu Tan – Deafness & Education International, 2022
This study explores relationships between Taiwanese Sign Language (TSL) and Chinese reading comprehension with 65 deaf adults/youth (study 1: ages 14--50 years) and 27 deaf children (study 2: ages 6--13 years). Significant relationships were found between scores on two tests measuring TSL tasks. In study #1, the TSL tasks (measured by Taiwan Sign…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Chinese, Reading Comprehension, Deafness
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Tzu-Yu Tai; Howard Hao-Jan Chen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Intelligent Personal Assistant (IPA) has emerged as a valuable tool for EFL learning by offering interactive authentic contexts. Although IPA is believed to be motivational and useful, empirical evidence is limited and contradictory, especially the efficacy of listening comprehension. Therefore, the study investigated the impact of IPA on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Adolescents, Listening Comprehension
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Chou, Mu-Hsuan – International Journal of Listening, 2021
Listening is a fundamental language skill that enables language learners to receive information and interact with others. Learners use strategies to facilitate learning, perform tasks, and compensate for gaps in linguistic knowledge. Listening and learning strategies have not received much attention at secondary level in Taiwan until recently.…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Listening Skills, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Tsai, Meng-Jung; Wang, Ching-Yeh; Wu, An-Hsuan; Hsiao, Chun-Ying – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
Robotics education has gradually been emphasized in contemporary school curricula; however, assessment tools for robotics learning are still limited. Based on Bloom's Taxonomy of educational objectives, this study aimed to develop the Robotics Learning Self-Efficacy Scale (RLSES) with a two-level construct of five dimensions for assessing…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Student Evaluation
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Yau, Jia-ling Charlene; Lee, Pi-yu – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2018
This study has two aims: one is to examine whether or not there are individual differences in motivation to read English as a Foreign Language (EFL) among Taiwanese adolescents, and the other is to scrutinize whether or not a gender gap exists among those readers. A total of 252 adolescents, half of them female and the other half male,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Motivation, Reading Achievement, Gender Differences
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Lin, Chih-cheng – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
Previous studies on electronic textbooks were all survey studies of college students in the U.S.A. Their main findings revealed that using electronic textbooks and using print textbooks showed no statistical differences in learning achievements. As mobile devices became popular in classrooms, the present study was intended to confirm the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Handheld Devices, Electronic Publishing
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Yau, Jia-ling Charlene – Metacognition and Learning, 2009
Integrating both quantitative and qualitative approaches, this study examined the knowledge and application of strategic reading among Taiwanese adolescents learning to read English as a foreign language. A total of 144 Grade 11 students participated in this study. Correlational analysis and t-tests were applied to analyzing quantitative data,…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Reading Comprehension, Protocol Analysis, Reading Strategies
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2017, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from 29 of April to 1 of May, 2017. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Anxiety, Cognitive Restructuring, Outcomes of Treatment
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Yang, Shu Ching; Chen, Shih-Fen – Death Studies, 2006
The study explores development of the concept of death among 204 Chinese children and adolescents and analyzes the relationships between death concept development and background variables. A coding manual for content analysis of death constructs adapted from R. A. Neimeyer et al. (1983) was used to classify each construct in the paragraphs written…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Adolescents, Content Analysis, Emotional Response