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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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Hong, Jon-Chao; Chen, Mei-Yung; Wong, Ashley; Hsu, Tsui-Fang; Peng, Chih-Chi – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
In a contest featuring hands-on projects, college students were required to design a simple crawling worm using planning, self-monitoring and self-evaluation processes to solve contradictive problems. To enhance the efficiency of problem solving, one needs to practice meta-cognition based on an application of related scientific concepts. The…
Descriptors: Physics, Competition, Scientific Concepts, Hands on Science
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Hong, Jon-Chao; Hwang, Ming-Yueh; Wong, Wan-Tzu; Lin, Hung-Chang; Yau, Che-Ming – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
This study aims to investigate the differences between male and female students in technology project design. The major gender differences discussed in this study include the problem discovering and solving abilities, maneuverability, and inquiry attitude among middle grade students. In the project design, students were required to design and…
Descriptors: Females, Socialization, Males, Gender Differences
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Hong, Jon-Chao; Yu, Kuang-Chao; Chen, Mei-Yung – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2011
The POWERTECH contest in Taiwan was established in an attempt to promote inventiveness and technology to elementary school pupils. The POWERTECH contest is designed as a collaborative learning system for project design. Project design is comprised of technical processes, which include the construction of an artifact and improvement of its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Portfolios (Background Materials), Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students