Assemble Collocation and Colligation in Chinese Writing Web Tools for New Immigrants in Taiwan

CSL （Chinese as a second language） learning is an emergency task in Taiwan, especially when more and more new immigrants joined in Taiwan. However, there are just a few new immigrants who can finish all language courses. For this reason, this research intends to provide a training system to assist new immigrants observing and learning the phrase structure. In this paper, the researchers design a system which can help new immigrants to form Chinese sentences by applying colligation and collocation technology.     

The introduction of electronic portfolios to teach and assess english as a foreign language in Taiwan

Conclusion The use of electronic portfolios to teach and assess EFL affects both teachers and students who are accustomed to traditional methods of teaching and learning English in Taiwan. This new innovation also stimulates teachers and students to think about ways to connect their work, their school and the island communities of Taiwan. Ultimately, it will help teachers and students to look beyond the Taiwan community to interact with a more globalized world community.     

Development of an instrument for exploring preservice technology teachers’ maker-based technological pedagogical content knowledge

With the development of the maker movement, more and more teachers are applying a broad range of technological tools in their pedagogy, instead of only information technology. This study details the development and validation of the Teachers Maker-based TPACK Survey Instrument (TMTSI), a revised model designed to measure technology teachers’ maker-based technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) in utilizing maker-based tools to support their teaching. We recruited 165 preservice secondary technology teachers in Taiwan for this study and confirmatory factor analysis was applied to validate the instrument. Our findings suggest that TMTSI provided a valid and highly reliable research-based instrument that also serves as a professional development model to help scaffold the development of K-12 technology teachers. This paper details the theoretical foundations of TMTSI, reports on its reliability and validity, and discusses the application and implications of TMTSI for teacher education and professional development.     

基于NFI-CMAC的系统参数智能辨识

基于牛顿前向插值公式,提出一种对任意阶多维函数可实现无差逼近的新型CMAC神经网络———NFI-CMAC,详细阐述了基本原理、插值算法及训练规则。基于NFI-CMAC,提出了一种快速、高精度的控制系统参数在线智能辨识方案,仿真实例表明了该方案的可行性与有效性。     

Measuring active learning to predict course quality

This study investigated whether active learning within computer‐based training courses can be measured and whether it serves as a predictor of learner‐perceived course quality. A major corporation participated in this research, providing access to internal employee training courses, training representatives, and historical course evaluation data. Twenty sample courses were subdivided into 1,884 time‐based instructional events and categorized by eight design principles for learner engagement: attend, organize, recall, practice, interact, apply, explore, and absorb. This analysis produces a quantitative pattern for the cognitive activity a course encourages within the learner, summarized as the active learning index. A regression model, with the active learning index as a predictor variable for learner‐perceived course quality, resulted in a correlation coefficient of .83 (r²=.69) and a p‐value <.0001. These results suggest a framework for quantifying the active learning components in computer‐based training courses and guiding the work of instructional designers toward higher‐quality courses.     

Acknowledgement of contributions by reviewers

Given the immense power of the mass media, how they selectively represent the world requires investigation and critique. Selective representation refers basically to the promotion and reinforcement of certain ways of thinking (Fairclough 1995b, Lull 1995). This paper examines, by way of linguistic analysis, particular representations of the school experience in three popular English teenage magazines in Singapore. It concentrates on the implicit ‘commonsense’ assumptions about school which underlie common teenage discourse on such popular topics as having fun, being cool, looking good, etc.     

Using Rogers's Diffusion of Innovation Model to Examine the Willingness to Pay for Public Television in Taiwan

This study adopts Rogers's diffusion of innovation model to examine the factors affecting the willingness of the Taiwanese to pay a license fee to watch public television. A telephone survey was used, and 506 valid questionnaires were obtained, representing a response rate of 58.6%. The data analysis showed that most findings of this study were not congruent with the prediction of Rogers's model, indicating that the Taiwanese do not consider paying a license fee a feasible means to support public television. However, this study found that the frequency of public television viewing was the most powerful factor positively affecting people's intention to pay for public television.     

Twenty years of productivity in ETR&;D by institutions and authors

This study was conducted to identify the most productive institutions and the most productive ETR&D authors from 1989 to 2008. Productivity scores were calculated using the number of first, second and third authorships in the journal. Arizona State University had both the highest institutional productivity score and the most authorships overall, while Florida State University had the most first authorships. Michael Hannafin of the University of Georgia ranked first in author productivity score and tied for first with Howard Sullivan of Arizona State for total authorships. David Jonassen of the University of Missouri had the most first authorships. Productivity patterns among top-ranked institutions and top-ranked authors are discussed.     

介于用户和图书馆员的心理契约——基于问卷调查的实证研究

调查中国科学院研究生院的研究生对数字图书馆的观点。透过Pearson相关系数检验,结果显示两项明显相关性：“数字图书馆提供数据”和“数字图书馆提供文献下载”的相关性;“数字图书馆提供数据”和“数字图书馆提供问题解决方案”的相关性。得出结论：用户进入图书馆网站的目的性强,期望数字图书馆提供情报分析、与共同研究合作者的沟通服务以及问题解决模式等服务。建议应该在上述数字图书馆服务上建立起介于用户和图书馆员的心理契约的建议。