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Online Physics Forum with Integrated Web Editor - Integrating Scalable Vector Graphic tools with DHTML editor
Fu-Kwun Hwang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 852–859
Online discussions can be used to promote students'ability on knowledge integration. However, almost all the web based online forums are text based. In physics, information about a physics system was represented in many different ways: using words,...
Topics: Integration, Mathematics, Graphics
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Non-course-based On-line Physics Discussion Forum
Fu-Kwun Hwang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 234–240
Recently, non-course-based on-line discussion has captured many researchers' attention. It is believed that this kind of discussion will become a new trend in the educational practice. We will provide a progress report of a successful non-course...
Topics: Physical Education
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Easy Java Simulation:An Interactive Tool for Conceptual Learning of Science
Fu-Kwun Hwang; Francisco Esquembre
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 791–794
Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) is an interactive tool developed for the conceptual learning of science. Ejs is designed for teachers and students who want to create (or modify) scientific simulations. They can then concentrate their effort in writing...
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The Use of Multiple Representations in a Web-Based and Situated Learning Environment
Ying-Shao Hsu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 816–820
This article presents the development and evaluation of a web-based lesson with multiple representations that is developed to cultivate situated learning. The quasi-experimental method along with semi-structured interviews was used to investigate...
Topics: Students
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Fostering High School Students' Conceptual Understandings about Seasons: The Design of a Technology-Enhanced Learning Environment
Ying-Shao Hsu; Hsin-Kai Wu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Research in Science Education Vol. 38, No. 2 (March 2008) pp. 127–147
The purpose of this study is to understand in what ways a technology-enhanced learning (TEL) environment supports learning about the causes of the seasons. The environment was designed to engage students in five cognitive phases: Contextualisation,...
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Teachers' Adoption of Technology in Classrooms: Does School Size Matter?
Hsin-Kai Wu; Ying-Shao Hsu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2740–2747
This study investigates the effects of school size on teachers' adoption of technology in classrooms. Using national survey data collected from 940 science and mathematics teachers at junior high schools in Taiwan, we employed factor analyses, log...
Topics: Interaction, Educational Technology, Mathematics, Attitudes, Middle School Education
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Designing a Technology-Enhanced Learning Environment to Support Scientific Modeling
Hsin-Kai Wu; Ying-Shao Hsu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 9, No. 4 (October 2010) pp. 58–65
Modeling of a natural phenomenon is of value in science learning and increasingly emphasized as an important component of science education. However, previous research has shown that secondary school students encounter difficulties when engaging in...
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Factors Influencing Junior High School Teachers' Computer-Based Instructional Practices Regarding Their Instructional Evolution Stages
Ying-Shao Hsu; Hsin-Kai Wu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 10, No. 4 (2007) pp. 118–130
Sandholtz, Ringstaff, & Dwyer (1996) list five stages in the "evolution" of a teacher's capacity for computer-based instruction--entry, adoption, adaptation, appropriation and invention--which hereafter will be called the teacher's computer-based...
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Do Teachers' Instructional Evolution and Teaching Seniority Affect Educational Innovation with Technology?
Ying-Shao Hsu; Hsin-Kai Wu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2834–2837
This study explores teachers' instructional evolution and teaching seniority that affect teaching practice of computing technology in classrooms. We conducted a national survey in Taiwan and collected about six hundred science and mathematics...
Topics: Teachers, Schools, Middle School Education
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Content Analysis of Online Discussion on a Senior-High-School Discussion Forum of a Virtual Physics Laboratory
Ying-Hua Guan; Chin-Chung Tsai; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 34, No. 4 (July 2006) pp. 279–311
In this study we content analyzed the online discussion of several senior-high-school groups on a forum of a virtual physics laboratory in Taiwan. The goal of our research was to investigate the nature of non-course-based online discussion and to...
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The Use of Multiple Representations in a Discipline-Integrated Science Lesson On The Web
Ying-Shao Hsu; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Yung-Ta Chang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1287–1290
This article presents the development and evaluation of a web-based lesson with multiple representations story-based animations displaying a daily-life situation, and discipline-integrated themes. The quasi-experimental method along with semi...
Topics: Science, Information Sciences, Middle School Education, Students
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On-line Discussion On a Virtual Physics Forum: A Content Analysis
Ying-Hua Guan; Chin-Chung Tsai; Fu-Kwun Hwang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 4141–4146
In this study we content analyzed on-line discussion of several senior-high-school groups on a forum of a virtual physics laboratory in Taiwan. The analysis was conducted in terms of participation rate, social cues, interaction types, and cognitive...
Topics: Social Studies
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Factors Affecting Teachers' Adoption of Technology in Classrooms: Does School Size Matter?
Hsin-Kai Wu; Ying-Shao Hsu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Vol. 6, No. 1 (March 2008) pp. 63–85
Researchers in educational technology have searched for factors to explain teachers' acceptance and resistance to using technology for instruction. Among the many identified factors, however, organizational and school factors have not yet been...
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Middle-school students' online information problem solving behaviors on the information retrieval interface
Yi-Fen Yeh; Ying-Shao Hsu; Fu-Tai Chuang; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 30, No. 2 (May 13, 2014)
With the near-overload of online information, it is necessary to equip our students with the skills necessary to deal with Information Problem Solving (IPS). This study also intended to help students develop major IPS strategies with the assistance...
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Middle-School Students' Online Information Problem Solving Behaviors on the Information Retrieval Interface
Yi-Fen Yeh; Ying-Shao Hsu; Fu-Tai Chuang; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 30, No. 2 (2014) pp. 245–260
With the near-overload of online information, it is necessary to equip our students with the skills necessary to deal with Information Problem Solving (IPS). This study also intended to help students develop major IPS strategies with the assistance...
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Developing and validating technological pedagogical content knowledge-practical (TPACK-practical) through the Delphi survey technique
Yi‐Fen Yeh; Ying‐Shao Hsu; Hsin‐Kai Wu; Fu‐Kwun Hwang; Tzu‐Chiang Lin
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 45, No. 4 (Jul 23, 2014) pp. 707–722
Technological pedagogical content knowledge TPACK refers to the knowledge set that teachers currently use to further improve the quality of their teaching and assist their students in learning. Several TPACK models have been proposed, either for...
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Examining the Efforts of Scaffolds on Scientific Inquiry with Mobile Technology
Ying-Shao Hsu; Li Wen Hsieh; Hsin-Kai Wu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 2937–2941
The study aims to examine the impacts of scaffoldings on student questioning, analyzing and explaining abilities in a mobile learning environment which leads them to use probes, accompanying software (DataStudio) and an online forum for scientific...
Topics: Students
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Science Teachers' Proficiency Levels and Patterns of TPACK in a Practical Context
Yi-Fen Yeh; Tzu-Chiang Lin; Ying-Shao Hsu; Hisn-Kai Wu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 24, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 78–90
Technological pedagogical content knowledge-practical (TPACK-P) refers to a unified body of knowledge that teachers develop from and for actual teaching practices with information communication technologies (ICT). This study attempted to unveil the...
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Whole Class Dialogic Discussion Meets Taiwan's Physics Teachers: Attitudes and Culture
Haim Eshach; Hsin-Kai Wu; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Ying-Shao Hsu
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 23, No. 1 (February 2014) pp. 183–197
There is a distance between the power that whole class dialogic discussions (WCDD) may offer to the science class and their use in practice. Teachers' attitudes toward WCDD are part of the problem. The aims of this study were twofold: (a) to...
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A Novice-Expert Study of Modeling Skills and Knowledge Structures about Air Quality
Ying-Shao Hsu; Li-Fen Lin; Hsin-Kai Wu; Dai-Ying Lee; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 21, No. 5 (October 2012) pp. 588–606
This study compared modeling skills and knowledge structures of four groups as seen in their understanding of air quality. The four groups were: experts (atmospheric scientists), intermediates (upper-level graduate students in a different field),...
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Identifying Effective Design Features of Technology-Infused Inquiry Learning Modules: A Two-Year Study of Students' Inquiry Abilities
Ying-Shao Hsu; Su-Chi Fang; Wen-Xin Zhang; Wu Hsin-Kai; Pai-Hsing Wu; Fu-Kwun Hwang
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 2 (2016) pp. 228–244
The two-year study aimed to explore how students' development of different inquiry abilities actually benefited from the design of technology-infused learning modules. Three learning modules on the topics of seasons, environmental issues and air...
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Development and Implications of Technology in Reform-Based Physics Laboratories
Sufen Chen; Hao-Chang Lo; Jing-Wen Lin; Jyh-Chong Liang; Hsin-Yi Chang; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Guo-Li Chiou; Ying-Tien Wu; Silvia Wen-Yu Lee; Hsin-Kai Wu; Chia-Yu Wang; Chin-Chung Tsai
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research Vol. 8, No. 2 (2012) pp. 20113–1
Technology has been widely involved in science research. Researchers are now applying it to science education in an attempt to bring students' science activities closer to authentic science activities. The present study synthesizes the research to...
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An analysis of student collaborative problem solving activities mediated by collaborative simulations
Chia-Jung Chang; Ming-Hua Chang; Bing-Cheng Chiu; Chen-Chung Liu; Shih-Hsun Fan Chiang; Cai-Ting Wen; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Ying-Tien Wu; Po-Yao Chao; Chia-Hsi Lai; Su-Wen Wu; Chih-Kang Chang; Wenli Chen
Computers & Education Vol. 114, No. 1 (November 2017) pp. 222–235
Collaborative problem solving (CPS) is considered as one of the core competencies of the 21st century. Collaborative simulations which allow multiple students to participate in CPS activities in a shared simulation session are now increasingly...
Language: English
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Internet-Based Science Learning: A Review of Journal Publications
Silvia Wen-Yu Lee; Chin-Chung Tsai; Ying-Tien Wu; Meng-Jung Tsai; Tzu-Chien Liu; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Chih-Hung Lai; Jyh-Chong Liang; Huang-Ching Wu; Chun-Yen Chang
International Journal of Science Education Vol. 33, No. 14 (2011) pp. 1893–1925
Internet-based science learning has been advocated by many science educators for more than a decade. This review examines relevant research on this topic. Sixty-five papers are included in the review. The review consists of the following two major...
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A Review of Research on Technology-Assisted School Science Laboratories
Chia-Yu Wang; Hsin-Ka Wu; Silvia Wen-Yu Lee; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Hsin-Yi Chang; Ying-Tien Wu; Guo-Li Chiou; Sufen Chen; Jyh-Chong Liang; Jing-Wen Lin; Hao-Chang Lo; Chin-Chung Tsai
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 17, No. 2 pp. 307–320
Studies that incorporate technologies into school science laboratories have proliferated in the recent two decades. A total of 42 studies published from 1990 to 2011 that incorporated technologies to support school science laboratories are reviewed...