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本所於民國75年秋奉教育部核准設立,經當時理學院吳院長京一、與數學系、物理系、化學系、生物系、地球科學系等系主任,以及本校科學教育學者之籌備和規劃,分別於75年成立博士班,於76學年度招收第1屆博士班學生,83年成立碩士班,於84學年度起正式招收第1屆碩士班學生,87年成立教學碩士班,於88學年度招收第1屆教學碩士班學生。

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    Validation of a simulation-based assessment of inquiry abilities
    (2013-09-07) Wu, P. H.; Wu, H.-K.; Hsu, Y. S.; Hwang, F. K.
    Students’ fundamental abilities of inquiry are of value in science learning and have been increasingly emphasized as an important component of science education. Some assessments have been developed to measure students’ inquiry abilities, but few of them are simulation-based. To take advantage of the advanced technology, we developed a simulation-based assessment of inquiry abilities (SAIA) that allows students to generate scientific explanations and demonstrate their experimental abilities. This paper describes the validation of the assessment. Data were collected from 48 twelfth grade students at a local high school who were categorized into three groups based on their majored programs. Due to the different learning goals of the programs, students in the three groups were expected to have different levels of inquiry abilities and construct validity was estimated by using the known-groups method. Criterion validity was estimated based on the correlation between SAIA and a validated assessment tool, Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning (CTSR). Content validity was investigated by examining the agreement among three experts. The results of the Kruskal-Wallis test and the post hoc analysis showed significant differences among three groups (χ2= 24.79, p < .01) so the construct validity of the assessment for distinguishing between the groups was supported. The content validity was confirmed by a satisfactory level of agreement between the experts with Kappa coefficients of .88 and .96. The criterion-related validity was ensured by a positive significant correlation between SAIA and CTSR (r = .40, p < .01). These results indicated that SAIA is a valid assessment to evaluate high school students’ inquiry abilities.
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    An investigation of teachers' beliefs and their use of technology-based assessments
    (2013-09-07) Chien, S.-P.; Wu, H.-K.; Hsu, Y. S.; Hwang, F. K.
    In the context of school settings, when implementing educational innovations such as technology-based assessments (TBAs) , teachers take a variety of factors into consideration including the resources provided by their school, the approval of parents, and students’ needs. To explore teachers' beliefs and relevant factors about TBAs, therefore, this study adopts the framework of the decomposed theory of planned behavior (DTPB) (Taylor & Todd, 1995), and aims at investigating the interaction between teachers’ beliefs and their actual use of TBAs. Forty technology-experienced science teachers participated in our semi-structured interview of assessment beliefs and practice. Responses from all teachers were coded and analyzed based on the coding scheme adapt from DTPB. Results showed the highlighted features of the most prevalent beliefs. On one hand, 75% of participating teachers perceived various kinds of usefulness of TBAs. On the other hand, teachers showed their concerns about the disapproval from schools and considerations of the external restrained conditions such as the lack of time, infrastructure and support personnel. By combining these features with teachers’ self-reported usage, we articulate the possible factors that may affect teachers’ usage. That is to say, teachers with more positive beliefs tend to use the TBAs frequently. Nevertheless, teachers would keep themselves away from use TBAs when they perceived many negative factors in Perceived Behavior Control beliefs and Subjective Norm beliefs.
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    Chemistry education and sustainability in the global age
    (New York, NY: Springer., 2013-01-01) Chiu, M. H.; Tuan, H.-L.; Wu, H.-K.; Lin, J.-W.; Chou, C.-C.
    This edited volume of papers from the twenty first International Conference on Chemical Education attests to our rapidly changing understanding of the chemistry itself as well as to the potentially enormous material changes in how it might be taught in the future. Covering the full range of appropriate topics, the book features work exploring themes as various as e-learning and innovations in instruction, and micro-scale lab chemistry. In sum, the 29 articles published in these pages focus the reader’s attention on ways to raise the quality of chemistry teaching and learning, promoting the public understanding of chemistry, deploying innovative technology in pedagogy practice and research, and the value of chemistry as a tool for highlighting sustainability issues in the global community. Thus the ambitious dual aim achieved in these pages is on the one hand to foster improvements in the leaching and communication of chemistry—whether to students or the public, and secondly to promote advances in our broader understanding of the subject that will have positive knock-on effects on the world’s citizens and environment. In doing so, the book addresses (as did the conference) the neglect suffered in the chemistry classroom by issues connected to globalization, even as it outlines ways to bring the subject alive in the classroom through the use of innovative technologies.
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    Designed features and actual affordances of a computer-based modeling tool
    (2011-09-09) Wu, P. H.; Wu, H.-K.; Hsu, Y. S.; Hwang, F. K.
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    Development of students' inquiry ability in a technology-infused learning environment
    (2011-09-09) Hsu, Y. S.; Wu, H.-K.; Zhang, W. X.; Wu, P. H.; Hwang, F. K.
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    College and graduate students' multivariable reasoning practices in computational modeling
    (2011-09-09) Wu, H.-K.; Wu, P. H.; Zhang, W. X.; Chang, Y. Y.; Hsu, Y. S.; Hwang, F. K.