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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Examining Practicing Teachers' Perceptions of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) Pathways: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
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Koh, Joyce Hwee Ling; Chai, Ching Sing; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
The seven constructs of the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework has been widely adopted as a theoretical basis for understanding the scope of teachers' information and communication technology (ICT) expertise. Despite this, very little is understood about the inter-relationships between these constructs, especially…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Information Technology, Expertise
Identifying Patterns of Collaborative Knowledge Exploration in Online Asynchronous Discussions
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Lee, Silvia Wen-Yu; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
This study investigated 6 weeks of online asynchronous discussions in a graduate-level course involving eleven students. The research purposes of this study were to identify patterns of collaborative knowledge exploration (CKE) and to suggest new analytical dimensions for investigating online discussions. Based upon a unique theoretical framework…
Descriptors: Discourse Communities, Distance Education, Cognitive Processes, Computer Mediated Communication
Exploring Teachers' Perceived Self Efficacy and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge with Respect to Educational Use of the World Wide Web
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Lee, Min-Hsien; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
Research in the area of educational technology has claimed that Web technology has driven online pedagogy such that teachers need to know how to use Web technology to assist their teaching. This study provides a framework for understanding teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge-Web (TPCK-W), while integrating Web technology into…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Reasoning about Science-Related Uncertain Issues and Epistemological Perspectives among Children
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Yang, Fang-Ying; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
In order to fulfill social responsibility, one of the goals in science education is to equip students with the competence of scientific reasoning. Nevertheless, psychological studies have found that people in general do not have adequate ability to make scientific arguments in everyday situations. Later studies found that the inadequate ability…
Descriptors: Psychological Studies, Content Analysis, Grade 6, Social Responsibility
The Development of Science Activities via On-Line Peer Assessment: The Role of Scientific Epistemological Views
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Tsai, Chin-Chung; Liang, Jyh-Chong – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2009
This study implemented an online peer assessment learning module to help 36 college students with the major of pre-school education to develop science activities for future instruction. Each student was asked to submit a science activity project for pre-school children, and then experienced three rounds of peer assessment. The effects of the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Science Activities, Peer Evaluation