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Lin, J. D.; Yen, C. F.; Wu, J. L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
Aim: To explore the perceptions of institutional directors on the preventive health strategies for people with intellectual disabilities in institutions. Methods: A structured questionnaire was conducted by a cross-sectional postal survey in all registered institutions in Taiwan in 2002. A total of 157 questionnaires were mailed, of which 121…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Residential Institutions, Mental Retardation
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Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Chen, Nian-Shing; Hsu, Rueng-Lueng – Computers and Education, 2006
This study developed a web-based multimedia whiteboard system to help students learning with mathematical problem solving. The purpose is to promote a new online mathematical learning model that students not only use electronic whiteboard to write down their mathematical problem solving solutions but also use voice recording tool to give oral…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Problem Solving, Multimedia Materials, Multimedia Instruction
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Wu, Mei-Mei; Liu, Ying-Hsang – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Explores how intermediaries seek information from patrons by analyzing intermediaries' elicitation utterances through three dimensions: linguistic forms, utterance purposes, and communicative functions. Reports on results of questionnaires given to patrons and intermediaries in academic and research libraries in Taiwan and investigates…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Seeking
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Tang, Jung-Chang; Wu, Li-Ting; Chiang, Chiu-Hua – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2006
The purposes of this study were to examine the variables related to the special education students' stereotyped behavior in Taiwan, to understand types and functions of these students' stereotyped behavior, and to investigate the impact of such stereotypy on teaching in special educational classrooms. Questionnaires were sent to 308 classroom…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Social Reinforcement
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Lin, Yen Chin; Chu, Yuan-Hsiang; Lin, Helene H. – College Student Journal, 2007
The purpose of this study was to investigate the current situations of condom using behavior and its related factors among college students in Taiwan. There were two phases in the study. In phase I, 50 students from one college in the eastern, southern, middle and northern parts of Taiwan were selected to form a focus group, and were interviewed…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Self Efficacy, Sex Role, Peer Influence
Teng, Huei-Chun – 2000
This study investigated the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) listening needs of college students in Taiwan, examining the ESL conversational and academic listening abilities required by college students and differences in listening needs between effective and ineffective ESL listeners. Study participants were 296 Taiwanese college freshmen. The…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Yien, Liju – Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2001
Explores relationships among test-taker characteristics and test performance. Suggests test-taking strategies play a role in mediating between test taker characteristics and performance. Findings suggests that if classroom teachers were able to determine what their students are doing while taking tests and were able to apply those strategies that…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Tests
Liao, Posen – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2006
Although the use of translation in learning a foreign language is much maligned by language teachers, translation is widely used in learners' foreign language learning process. It appears that learners often use translation as a learning strategy to comprehend, remember, and produce a foreign language. However, relatively little research attention…
Descriptors: Translation, Beliefs, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning
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Wang, Min-Nan Maynard; Wu, Kun-Chang; Huang, Tai-Chu Iris – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
The purpose of this study is to investigate how factors such as personal traits and school locations influence junior high school students' conceptual learning of biology. The study was carried out island-wide with the whole area divided into 10 districts, from which 4,537 students were selected using stratified random sampling. A questionnaire on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Chen, Chih-Ming; Hsu, Shih-Hsun – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
Since English has been an international language, how to enhance English levels of people by useful computer assisted learning forms or tools is a critical issue in non-English speaking countries because it definitely affects the overall competition ability of a country. With the rapid growth of wireless and mobile technologies, the mobile…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Educational Technology, Vocabulary Development, Item Response Theory
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Liu, Chen-Chung; Hong, Yi-Ching – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
Although computers and network technology have been widely utilised to assist students learn, few technical supports have been developed to help hearing-impaired students learn in Taiwan. A significant challenge for teachers is to provide after-class learning care and assistance to hearing-impaired students that sustain their motivation to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Educational Technology
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Wang, Su-Chen; Tsai, Chi-Cheng; Huang, Shun-Te; Hong, Yu-Jue – Substance Abuse, 2007
Purpose: This study was to explore the effect of preventive health education intervention in the knowledge, attitude, practice of betel nut chewing, and self-efficacy of anti-betel nut chewing for adolescent students. Methods: One hundred eighty-six indigenous samples were recruited, and divided into experimental and control groups. The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Comprehensive School Health Education
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Brown, Michael B.; Aoshima, Megumi; Bolen, Larry M.; Chia, Rosina; Kohyama, Takaya – School Psychology International, 2007
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between approaches to learning and locus of control of students from the USA, Japan, and Taiwan. The results show that students from the USA utilized more rote memory learning compared to students from Japan and Taiwan, while students from Japan were more likely to be "Achieving"…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Mapping, Locus of Control, Cultural Traits
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Yu, Fu-Yun; Liu, Yu-Hsin; Chan, Tak-Wai – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2005
A web-based learning system has been developed to facilitate question-posing, peer-assessing, item-viewing and drill-and-practice learning activities. In this paper, the pedagogical basis underlying the design and development of the system is explained in the light of information-processing theory, social construction of knowledge theory and…
Descriptors: Internet, Data Analysis, Web Based Instruction, Models
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Tien, Hsiu-Lan Shelley – Journal of Career Assessment, 2005
The purpose of the study was to test the classification system for career decision difficulties of college students in a Chinese culture. Five hundred twenty-one college students completed the Chinese version of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire. Data obtained were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance, factor analysis,…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, College Students, Asian Culture, Factor Analysis
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