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Chao, Tzu-Yang; Sung, Yao-Ting – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
This study developed an Adolescents' Uncertainty Scale (AUS), with the aim of understanding individual differences in uncertainty among adolescents. In the pretest phase, 507 ninth-grade students were recruited. After exploratory factor analyses, a 25-item AUS with four dimensions--irresoluteness, instability, lack of self-knowledge, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Anxiety, Ambiguity (Context)
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Tsai, Meng-Jung; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Lee, Silvia Wen-Yu; Hsu, Chung-Yuan – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
A prior study developed the Computational Thinking Scale (CTS) for assessing individuals' computational thinking dispositions in five dimensions: decomposition, abstraction, algorithmic thinking, evaluation, and generalization. This study proposed the Developmental Model of Computational Thinking through validating the structural relationships…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Computation, Models
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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
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Kuo, Bor-Chen; Liao, Chen-Huei; Pai, Kai-Chih; Shih, Shu-Chuan; Li, Cheng-Hsuan; Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching – Educational Psychology, 2020
The current study explores students' collaboration and problem solving (CPS) abilities using a human-to-agent (H-A) computer-based collaborative problem solving assessment. Five CPS assessment units with 76 conversation-based items were constructed using the PISA 2015 CPS framework. In the experiment, 53,855 ninth and tenth graders in Taiwan were…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Item Response Theory
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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
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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