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Lai, Ting-Ling; Lin, You-Sheng; Chou, Chi-Yin; Yueh, Hsiu-Ping – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an inquiry-based virtual reality (VR) science lab used in junior high school science classes. The "Scientific Investigation VR Lab" ("SIVRLAB") is designed for 9th-grade students to learn about electrochemical cells. It is situated in a guided problem-solving context, where…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Inquiry, Active Learning, Electronic Learning
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Hsin, Ching-Ting; Wu, Hsin-Kai – Research in Science Education, 2023
This study examined the impact of a project-based learning module on young children's scientific practices in urban and Indigenous areas. The module was developed by drawing upon early science standards and research on scientific practices and project-based teaching approaches. Ninety-eight children from northern Taiwan participated. Their average…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Urban Areas, Young Children
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Cheng, Li-Ting; Smith, Thomas J.; Hong, Zuway-R.; Lin, Huann-shyang – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
This study examined the roles of gender and STEM major status as predictors of performance in formulating a research question and designing experiment among 70 undergraduate Taiwanese college students participating in inquiry-based learning (IBL). Student participants in this study were involved in discrepant demonstrations of scientific events…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Gender Differences, STEM Education, Majors (Students)
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Chang, Hsin-Yi – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
Two investigations were conducted in this study. In the first experiment, the effects of two types of interactivity with a computer simulation were compared: experimentation versus observation interactivity. Experimentation interactivity allows students to use simulations to conduct virtual experiments, whereas observation interactivity allows…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Interaction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Experiments
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Bastiaens, Theo, Ed. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2019
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. "EdMedia + Innovate Learning" took place in Amsterdam, The…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Technology Integration
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Chen, Yueh-Huey; Lin, Jia-Ying; Wang, Yu-Chen; Yaung, Jing-Fun – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
This classroom activity connection demonstrates the differences between the effects of NaCl (a salt of monovalent metal ions) and CaCl[subscript 2] (a salt of polyvalent metal ions) on swollen superabsorbent polymer gels. Being ionic compounds, NaCl and CaCl[subscript 2] both collapse the swollen polymer gels. The gel contracted by NaCl reswells…
Descriptors: Plastics, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Class Activities
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Lin, Huann-shyang; Hong, Zuway-R; Chen, Ya-Chun – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
This quasi-experimental study explores how student cumulative situational interest, short-term preference generated by particular conditions such as novel experiences can be developed into better individual interest, an enduring predisposition to engage in certain activity such as chemistry lessons. A continuous intervention of integrating novelty…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Aesthetics, Science Education, Student Interests
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Huang, Chun-Chieh; Yeh, Ting-Kuang; Li, Tsai-Yen; Chang, Chun-Yen – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
The objective of this article is to evaluate the effectiveness of a collaborative and online brainstorming game, Idea Storming Cube (ISC), which provides users with a competitive game-based environment and a peer-like intelligent agent. The program seeks to promote students' divergent thinking to aid in the process of problem solving. The…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Grade 11
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Chen, Nelson Cheng-Chih; Chen, Ching-Hao; Lin, Ming-chun – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2008
The applied mechanics education contest hosted by STAM (Society of Theoretical Applied Mechanics) has been held in Taiwan for several years. The contest pattern has been changed from a simple written test to an experiment-oriented test after the NSTM (National Science and Technology Museum) proceeded to hold the competition in 2005. The major…
Descriptors: Competition, Exhibits, Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship
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Yang, Jie Chi; Lin, Yi Lung – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
When using mobile devices in support of learning activities, students gain mobility, but problems arise when group members share information. The small size of the mobile device screen becomes problematic when it is being used by two or more students to share and exchange information. This problem affects interactions among group members. To…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, Pretests Posttests, Achievement Tests
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Tsai, Chin-Chung – Science Education, 1999
Describes a study that explored the interplay between students' scientific epistemological views (SEVs) and their learning in school laboratory activities. Finds that students having SEVs oriented to constructivist views of science tend to focus more on negotiating the meanings of experiments with their peers than students with SEVs more in line…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Discourse Analysis, Epistemology, Foreign Countries
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She, Hsiao-Ching – International Journal of Science Education, 1999
Reports on a study of seventh-grade students' interactions in small groups during a biology laboratory activity. Finds that girls have the potential to perform equally as well as do boys in the science laboratory and that both individual and gender differences contribute to students' differential verbal communication and laboratory engagement.…
Descriptors: Biology, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Females