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Song, Xiaomei – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2018
Fairness and social justice has been the subject of much discussion in educational research, and concerns about fairness are paramount in the milieu of high-stakes admission testing. This study explored stakeholders' perceptions of the fairness of a high-stakes graduate school admission test, the Graduate School Entrance English Examination…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Nam, Miyoung – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2018
Benefits of the study-abroad (SA) experience have been reported in many studies. However, most prior studies on EFL students' SA experiences track students in relatively short ESL programs during school vacation months. In addition, EFL learners' SA experiences in non-English-speaking countries, where English is not the L1, remain underexplored.…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Case Studies
Morales, Marie Paz E. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
The study critically explored the case of Pangasinan learners' physics learning process using culture and language-influenced curriculum materials in physics (CLI-CMP). Case research using cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) designed the study to provide unique ideas on how socio-cultural theory, a recent field of study of Physics Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Instruction, Culturally Relevant Education
Chau, Salott; Cheung, Catherine – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
Active learning connects students to the real life situations they will encounter in their future jobs. In hospitality education, active learning implements various lively, fun activities to introduce practical scenarios students may experience in their hospitality careers. This study identifies 18 essential active-learning items of hospitality…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Hospitality Occupations, Teaching Methods, Literature Reviews
Liao, Hongjing; Li, Liwen – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
China's recent curriculum reform of English as a foreign language programs has shifted toward an integration of language abilities and transferable skills such as intercultural skills. This study is part of an internal evaluation project that examines the implementation and impact of a newly reformed writing course at one of China's top foreign…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Writing Instruction, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
Tavakoli, Mansoor; Zabihi, Reza; Ghadiri, Momene – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
The improvement of mental health has been given considerable attention in educational settings since more than four decades. Accordingly, many programs were developed with the purpose of enabling children not only to deal with educational issues, but also to resolve their psychosocial problems. This study used an Explanatory Mixed-Methods Research…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Educational Therapy, Daily Living Skills
Xu, Hao – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
This three-year longitudinal study examines the development of four Chinese novice EFL teachers' classroom assessment literacy, which refers to teachers' knowledge of and abilities to conduct classroom assessment and is reflected in their planned and improvised assessment practices. The dataset includes 26 classroom observations, 48 interviews,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Kaur, Daisy; Zhao, Yi – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
The present study is focused on the detailed description of Physics Attitude Scale (PAS) to measure students' attitudes toward physics. The development of this new instrument involved extensive interviews with both the experts as well as the students. This was followed by expert reviews and pilot testing of the instrument. The duly revised draft…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Physics, Student Attitudes, Attitude Measures
The Role Identities of University Academic-Managers in a Changing Environment: A Chinese Perspective
Huang, Ya-Ting; Pang, Sun-keung – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
Academic-managers, working at the middle tiers of university management with considerable power and authority, play an increasingly important role in the planning and execution of key university activities. Little attention has been paid to Chinese academic-managers, leaving their work at Chinese universities under-explored. This article, framed…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Professional Identity, Middle Management, College Administration
Na, SunJung; Yoon, Hyunsook – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
This study investigated the effects of time on L2 writing quality and learners' use of writing strategies throughout the entire writing process. The analysis involved 69 Korean undergraduates' writing strategy questionnaires, retrospective interviews, and writing assignments, all of which were evaluated according to timed (in-class) and untimed…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Writing Achievement, Writing Strategies, Educational Quality
Zhang, Jia; Pang, Nicholas Sun-Keung – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
This mixed-method study explored the characteristics of professional learning communities (PLCs) in Chinese schools. Informed by the existing literature on PLCs, the authors conducted a questionnaire survey of teachers in seven schools in Shanghai to explore the characteristics of Chinese PLCs. Follow-up qualitative interviews were also conducted…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Communities of Practice, Qualitative Research, Interviews
Zanjani, Nastaran; Edwards, Sylvia L.; Nykvist, Shaun; Geva, Shlomo – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
Learning management systems (LMS) have become the norm in recent years in higher education to further engage students and lecturers. The e-learning tools within LMS provide knowledge sharing and community building opportunities that can support both critical thinking and higher order learning skills through conversation and collaboration. However,…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Integrated Learning Systems, Learner Engagement, Teacher Attitudes
Zhan, Ying; So, Wing Mui Winnie; Cheng, Nga Yee Irene – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
An interdisciplinary subject, liberal studies, was introduced as a compulsory and core subject into the New Senior Secondary Curriculum in Hong Kong in 2009 with the purpose of expanding students' knowledge base and increasing their social awareness through investigation into a variety of issues. However, transforming curricular innovations into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Interviews, Documentation
Yu, Shulin; Lee, Icy; Mak, Pauline – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
The present case study aims to revisit the role of Chinese traditional cultural issues in group peer feedback by examining how Chinese EFL students respond to several typical Chinese cultural issues that have emerged from the literature--"collectivism and group harmony," "face-saving," and "power distance" and what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes, Second Language Instruction
Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
This paper reports on the findings of a qualitative study which investigated a group of English as a second language (ESL) university students' perceptions of their global identities in intercultural English as a lingua franca (ELF) communication at an international university in Hong Kong. Drawing on data collected via in-depth interviews and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Students