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Liau, Albert K.; Neihart, Maureen F.; Teo, Chua Tee; Lo, Chrystella H. M. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
The field of positive psychology has identified brief interventions that increase individuals' well-being and decrease depressive symptoms. An example is the best possible self (BPS) activity. It is a writing exercise that asks participants to project themselves into the future, and imagine they have met all their goals in every domain of their…
Descriptors: Well Being, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Foreign Countries
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Liau, Albert K.; Kiat, John E.; Nie, Youyan – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the pedagogical approaches used in the course were related to improvements in students' attitudes toward statistics in a Quantitative Methods course for psychology undergraduate students in a Malaysian University. The study examined whether increasing availability of the instructor and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Psychology
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Chye, Stefanie Y.; Liau, Albert K.; Liu, Woon Chia – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2013
E-portfolios are increasingly seen as a promising tool for facilitating learning as students engage in the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) process. Research that evaluates e-portfolios in the context of PBL is, however, limited. In addition, advantages of the use of e-portfolios both generally as well as in the context of PBL have tended to be…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Problem Based Learning, Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Attitudes