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Family Background, Schooling, and Academic Achievement: Taiwan as an Illustrative Case
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Tzung-Ruei Tsou – SAGE Open, 2024
The importance of family background in determining a student's academic achievement has long been acknowledged by researchers. Nonetheless, the effect of schooling on this relationship has also been widely investigated. Some studies have shown that family background plays a far stronger role while the effect of schooling is minimal; others have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Institutional Characteristics
How Do Math Students Learn? An Exploratory Multiple Case Study of Secondary School Math Teachers in the United States and Taiwan
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Yuefeng Sun – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The PISA assessment indicated that the United States performs at the bottom tier among OECD membership nations in secondary school math education. The dearth of math proficiency presented a significant problem for the United States to maintain its future leadership in global technology. The purpose of this exploratory multiple case study was to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Achievement Tests
Computer-Based Collaborative Problem-Solving Assessment in Taiwan
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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
Investigating Taiwanese Students' Visualization Competence of Matter at the Particulate Level
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Chang, Hsin-Yi; Tzeng, Shi-Fang – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
In this study, we have synthesized the research on visualization and representation to propose a model consisting of 4 major components of visualization competence in learning science: constructing, interpreting, transforming, and critiquing visualizations. We have developed and validated an assessment that measures students' visualization…
Descriptors: Visualization, Foreign Countries, Models, High School Students
Identifying the Item Hierarchy and Charting the Progression across Grade Levels: Surveying Taiwanese Students' Understanding of Scientific Models and Modeling
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Lee, Silvia Wen-Yu – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was, first, to understand the item hierarchy regarding students' understanding of scientific models and modeling (USM). Secondly, this study investigated Taiwanese students' USM progression from 7th to 12th grade, and after participating in a model-based curriculum. The questionnaire items were developed based on 6…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Models, Experimental Groups, Student Surveys
Relationship between Problem-Solving Style and Mathematical Literacy
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Tai, Wen-Chun; Lin, Su-Wei – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Currently, mathematics education is focused on ensuring that students can apply the knowledge and skills they learn to everyday life; students are expected to develop their problem-solving abilities to face challenges by adopting various perspectives. When faced with a problem, students may employ different methods or patterns to solve it. If this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participative Decision Making, Numeracy, Correlation