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Psychometric Analyses of the Problem-Focused Style of Coping (PF-SOC) Scale with Taiwanese Samples
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Chang, Yuhsuan; Lan, Yu-Ling; Lin, Hung-Yu; Heppner, Puncky Paul – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2012
The current research comprises two samples that investigated the psychometric properties of the Problem-Focused Style of Coping (PF-SOC; Heppner, Cook, Wright, & Johnson) scale using two Taiwanese samples. In Sample 1 (N = 809), we investigated the structural dimensions of the PF-SOC using a principal component analysis (PCA) and confirmed…
Descriptors: Investigations, Psychometrics, Coping, Foreign Countries
Investigation of High School Students' Online Science Information Searching Performance: The Role of Implicit and Explicit Strategies
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Tsai, Meng-Jung; Hsu, Chung-Yuan; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2012
Due to a growing trend of exploring scientific knowledge on the Web, a number of studies have been conducted to highlight examination of students' online searching strategies. The investigation of online searching generally employs methods including a survey, interview, screen-capturing, or transactional logs. The present study firstly intended to…
Descriptors: Investigations, Program Effectiveness, Search Strategies, Foreign Countries
Against All Odds: Problem-Solving Strategies and Behavioural Characteristics of Novice Students
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Chang, Pei-Fen; Lin, Miao-Chen – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
This study investigates problem-solving difficulties of novices in a classroom setting, using a German instructional tool, the Fischertechnik kit of approximately 400 parts. In order to analyse the students' thinking processes as they solved the problems, verbal protocol analysis (VPA) was used to record the students'' thinking processes and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Novices, Student Characteristics, Student Behavior
The Effect of Alternative Solutions on Problem Solving Performance
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Lee, Shin-Yi – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of instruction in alternative solutions on Taiwanese eighth-grade students' mathematical problem solving performance. This study was exploratory rather than experimental. Alternative-Solution Worksheet (ASW) was developed to encourage students' engagement with alternative solutions to…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Program Effectiveness, Grade 8, Foreign Countries
Student Technological Creativity Using Online Problem-Solving Activities
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Chang, Yu-Shan – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of online (web-based) creative problem-solving (CPS) activities on student technological creativity and to examine the characteristics of student creativity in the context of online CPS. A pretest-posttest quasi-experiment was conducted with 107 fourth-grade students in Taiwan. The…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Science Activities, Creativity, Creative Activities
Are Beliefs Believable? An Investigation of College Students' Epistemological Beliefs and Behavior in Mathematics
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Liu, Po-Hung – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2010
College students' epistemological belief in their academic performance of mathematics has been documented and is receiving increased attention. However, to what extent and in what ways problem solvers' beliefs about the nature of mathematical knowledge and thinking impact their performances and behavior is not clear and deserves further…
Descriptors: College Students, Mathematics Education, Investigations, Standardized Tests