From “chalk and talk” to “guide on the side”: A cross‐cultural analysis of pedagogy that drives customised teaching for personalised learning     

Mohammad Reza Sarkar Arani  Bruce Lander  Yoshiaki Shibata  Christine Kim‐Eng Lee  Hiroyuki Kuno  Andrew Lau 《European Journal of Education》2019,54(2):233-249

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Educational Usage of Mobile Devices: Differences Between Postgraduate and Undergraduate Students     

Ka Po Lau  Dickson K.W. Chiu  Kevin K.W. Ho  Patrick Lo  Eric W.K. See-To 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2017,43(3):201-208

The rapid increase of smartphone usage in recent years has provided students the opportunity to participate in mobile learning (m-learning) anywhere, anytime. Academic institutions are also following this trend to launch many m-learning services. This article investigates the differences of the user needs between undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students though an online survey with 140 Library Information Systems (LIS) subjects in a Japanese university in order to provide solid foundations for future m-learning studies. We find that UG and PG students do not show significant differences in adopting m-learning by smartphones despite the fact that they have different learning patterns. The m-learning frequencies of smartphones generally range from weekly to monthly, where using search engines is the most frequent, and reading academic resources is the least frequent. They tend to use these services for handling their daily routines (such as search engine, social networks) rather than their academic activities (such as using online databases to search for academic materials). Further, the results also show that content displaying issues (e.g., small display screen, text unable to enlarge) are barriers for most subjects in using these m-learning services.  相似文献   

E-government implementation: A macro analysis of Singapore's e-government initiatives     

Calvin M.L. Chan  YiMeng Lau  Shan L. Pan 《Government Information Quarterly》2008

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Assessing the Personal-Social Development of Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents     

Mantak Yuen  Eadaoin K. P. Hui  Patrick S. Y. Lau  Norman C. Gysbers  Thomas K. M. Leung  Raymond M. C. Chan  Peter M. K. Shea 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》2006,28(4):317-330

A 60-item measure, the Personal-Social Development Self-Efficacy Inventory (PSD-SEI) was developed to assess personal-social development self-efficacy among adolescents in Hong Kong. The PSD-SEI was administered to 6,776 Grade 10–13 students in Hong Kong. Principal components analysis with varimax solutions yielded seven meaningful factors: 1. Self-Realization, 2. Leadership and Teamwork, 3. Emotional, Physical and Social Wellness, 4. Interests and Life Goals 5. Relationships, 6. Avoiding Drugs, Excessive Drinking and Smoking, and 7. Finance and Self-Care. Reliability analyses showed that the total scale and subscales were internally consistent. The data suggested that Hong Kong adolescents had some but not strong confidence in their personal-social development. Boys were more confident in self-realization and maintaining wellness; girls were more confident in leadership and teamwork, relationship with the opposite sex, and avoiding drugs, excessive drinking, and smoking. This study is the first attempt to develop and validate a personal-social development self-efficacy measure for Chinese adolescents. Further research and applications of the PSD-SEI for the quality enhancement of personal-social development programmes in schools are discussed.  相似文献   

A variational energy approach for electromechanical analysis of thick piezoelectric beam     

LAU C.W.H. LIM C.W. LEUNG A.Y.T. 《浙江大学学报(A卷英文版)》2005,6(9):962-966

INTRODUCTION Piezoelectricity is an electromechanical phe- nomenon which couples elasticity and electricity through the existence of pressure induced electrical field or electric induced stress field. The piezoelectric materials are usually surface bonded in patches or fully embedded in the host structure, so that the structure becomes a laminated piezoelectric beam. Tzou and Gadre (1989), Lee (1990), Crawly and Lazarus (1991) developed laminated plate models incorporating the piezoelect…  相似文献   

Home Literacy and Chinese Reading in Hong Kong Children     

Jasmine Yuet-Han Lau  Catherine McBride-Chang 《Early education and development》2005,16(1):5-22

Measures of Chinese character recognition, vocabulary, and interest in reading were administered to 92 second grade children in Hong Kong, while questionnaires on parental literacy practices were administered to their parents. In a hierarchical regression equation, maternal education, children's age and vocabulary skill predicted 18% of the variance in reading, while home literacy practices and children's literacy self-efficacy predicted an additional unique 19% of the variance in Chinese reading skill. Results underscore the importance of some early home literacy practices for reading achievement, even among children who are already receiving formal literacy instruction.  相似文献   

Pacing technology: advances in pacing threshold management     

Chu-pak Lau  Chung-wah Siu 《Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B》2010,11(8):634-638

Over the last five decades,pacemaker therapy has undergone remarkable technological advances with increasing sophistication of pacemaker features.However,device longevity has remained one of the major issues in pacemaker design ever since the first endocardial pacing lead implantation in 1958.In addition to various hardware design to enhance device longevity,software-based solutions to minimize pacing energy and yet with good safety margin have also been developed.Together with desire and need of fully automatic pacing system in increasingly busy pacemaker clinic,several manufacturers have introduced different automatic threshold management algorithm.This article summarizes the current state-of-the-art management in pacing threshold in the modern pacemakers.  相似文献   

Parenting Style as a Moderator for Students’ Academic Achievement     

Zahari Ishak  Suet Fin Low  Poh Li Lau 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2012,21(4):487-493

Parenting styles have always been a crucial factor in influencing all aspects of a person??s development. The purpose of this study is to test the structural equation model of academic achievement among the students using parenting styles as a moderator. The sample comprised 493 students from eight schools. Parenting styles are determined using the Parental Authority Questionnaire (Buri in J Pers Assess 57:110?C119, 1991). Academic achievement is measured based on the students?? performance in the Lower Secondary Assessment. Data were analyzed using structural equation modelling. Results demonstrated that model of authoritative and model of authoritarian fit the data of this study well. Both authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles are the most common practice of the parents. Parenting styles have been found to be a moderator of this study. The results indicated that parenting styles moderated the effect of academic self-concept on academic achievement. The impact of academic self-concept on academic achievement is found to be greater for the authoritative than the authoritarian parenting style.  相似文献   

Instructional practices and self-regulated learning in Chinese language classes     

Kit Ling Lau 《教育心理学》2012,32(4):427-450

This study investigated the relation between teachers’ instructional practices and students’ self-regulated learning (SRL) in Hong Kong Chinese language classes using quantitative and qualitative methods. Participants were 1121 Grade 10 students from six secondary schools in Hong Kong. A Chinese reading comprehension (RC) test was used to assess the students’ reading performance and a self-reported questionnaire measured their perception of reading instruction, strategy use and reading motivation. Classroom observations and in-depth interviews were conducted in one class at each school to explore what and how instructional practices supported or impeded SRL in real contexts. The findings of this study generally support the positive relation between SRL-based instruction and Chinese students’ SRL. Among the four instructional variables, instrumental support from teachers showed the strongest relation with students’ strategy use, motivation and RC. The degree of autonomy was low in Chinese language classes and was associated with students’ negative reading behaviours.  相似文献   

Exploring parental involvement in early years education in China: development and validation of the Chinese Early Parental Involvement Scale (CEPIS)     

Eva Yi Hung Lau  Hui Li  Nirmala Rao 《International Journal of Early Years Education》2012,20(4):405-421

This study developed and validated an instrument, the Chinese Early Parental Involvement Scale (CEPIS), that can be widely used in both local and international contexts to assess Chinese parental involvement in early childhood education. The study was carried out in two stages: (1) focus group interviews were conducted with 41 teachers and 35 parents in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Teachers and parents were found to hold different perceptions of parental involvement. Responses further revealed that Chinese parents practiced more home-based involvement than preschool-based involvement, and that Chinese parents also have layers of responsibilities that limit their level of involvement in children's early development; (2) items of the CEPIS were developed using focus group responses. To validate the scale, 319 parents were asked to complete the new CEPIS. Results from principal-components factor analyses established that the resultant 26-item CEPIS consists of six parental involvement dimensions. Further analyses revealed that parental involvement differed as a function of parents' marital status and employment status. The major findings, implications and limitations of this research are discussed, together with directions for future research.  相似文献