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Peer reviewedGerstein, Rachel B. – Computers in the Schools, 2000
This pilot program used videoconferencing technology to create a collaborative cultural exchange between fourth graders in San Francisco and Taiwan in which students from both cities saw an art exhibit and participated in a dialog addressing the content of the exhibit, as well as their own cultural backgrounds. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Art Education, Cultural Background, Cultural Exchange, Elementary Education
Download full textWu, Yann-Shya – 2000
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how collaborative problem solving affects individual mathematical problem-solving ability. Quantitative and qualitative evaluations were conducted, focusing on four students in the same fourth grade mathematics class in Taipei, Taiwan, as they participated in two steps of individual problem-solving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Peer reviewedShih, Shu-Shen; Alexander, Joyce M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
Assesses the combined effects of goal setting and different types of comparative information on fourth-grade students' (N=84) self-efficacy and fraction skill, particularly within a Taiwanese classroom. Results reveal that children in the self-referenced groups demonstrated significantly higher fraction skill and self-efficacy than did children in…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Ku, Heng-Yu; Sullivan, Howard J. – 2001
This study investigated the effects of personalized instruction on the achievement and attitudes of Taiwanese students on two-step mathematics word problems. A total of 136 fourth graders in a Taiwanese public school participated in the study. Subjects initially completed a Student Survey on which they chose their favorite foods, sports, stores,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Individualized Instruction
Jones, Nathan B.; Wang, Shun Hwa – 2001
This 3-year study examined a communicative language teaching (CLT) program within a Taiwanese elementary school, investigating whether the program would improve students' English skills, which variables would account for improved English skills, whether participating students would enjoy the program, and implications for teaching English in other…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Tyan, Nay-ching Nancy; Hu, Yi-chain – 1995
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of various translation methods used in imported instructional video programs on Taiwan elementary school students' visual and verbal memory. Following pretesting, 128 fourth grade students from an urban public elementary school in northern Taiwan participated. The students in 4 experimental…
Descriptors: Chinese, Control Groups, Elementary School Students, Experimental Groups
Chen, Jen-Jen – 1995
This study surveyed fourth-grade students (N=677) and teachers (N=489) from China, Taiwan, and the United States regarding their views toward different classroom management strategies in dealing with four kinds of classroom behaviors: (1) causing a disruption by talking to other students; (2) giving a wrong answer to a question; (3) behaving well;…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedClifford, Margaret M.; Chou, Fen-Chang – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
Fourth grade Taiwan students (94 males and 97 females) completed 2 cognitive risk-taking tasks with variable payoff or fixed payoff in a game or test context. Both variable payoff and game context increased the level of academic risk taking. Results are discussed concerning interactions between ability and risk taking. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect
Peer reviewedCifuentes, Lauren; Murphy, Karen L. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2000
Explains Cultural Connections, a model for implementing constructivist, intercultural distance learning partnerships. Highlights include a theoretical framework; social constructivist pedagogy; intercultural communication; telecommunications; Web pages; and examples of a middle school partnership in Texas, a fourth-grade connection between Texas…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Distance Education, Educational Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedClifford, Margaret M.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1990
Academic risk taking--the selection of schoollike tasks ranging in difficulty and probability of success--was examined for 602 students in grades 4, 6, and 8 in Taiwan. Results of a self-report measure of tolerance for failure and a risk-taking task are discussed concerning self-enhancement versus self-assessment goals, metacognitive skills, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes
