Analysis of STEM Activities in Primary Students’ Science Projects in an Informal Learning Environment     

Winnie Wing Mui So  Ying Zhan  Stephen Cheuk Fai Chow  Chi Fai Leung 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2018,16(6):1003-1023

This study adopted a researcher-generated framework to analyze STEM activities demonstrated in primary students’ science projects in an annual extracurricular event held in Hong Kong. Ten students’ project reports were randomly selected from each of the three groups of 24 outstanding, 45 merit, and 68 consolation awarded projects. Content analysis was conducted to code the activities in each project. The coded information was then changed into numerical data for quantitative analysis. The results showed that, in general, more engineering and science activities than technology and mathematics activities were adopted by the primary students in their projects. More projects with the Outstanding Award conducted STEM activities than those projects with Merit and Consolation Awards, and significant group differences existed in the science and mathematics activities. Besides, science activities significantly positively related to engineering and mathematics activities. Furthermore, STEM-related content knowledge of discipline core ideas and crosscutting concepts were reported. This study sheds light on the pattern of STEM activities in students’ science projects, and has implications for promoting STEM integration in primary education.  相似文献   

Community Level Factors and Child Maltreatment Rates   总被引：8，自引：1，他引：8  

Claudia J. Coulton  Jill E. Korbin  Marilyn Su  Julian Chow 《Child development》1995,66(5):1262-1276

Using census and administrative agency data for 177 urban census tracts, variation in rates of officially reported child maltreatment is found to be related to structural determinants of community social organization: economic and family resources, residential instability, household and age structure, and geographic proximity of neighborhoods to concentrated poverty. Furthermore, child maltreatment rates are found to be intercorrelated with other indicators of the breakdown of community social control and organization. These other indicators are similarly affected by the structural dimensions of neighborhood context. Children who live in neighborhoods that are characterized by poverty, excessive numbers of children per adult resident, population turnover, and the concentration of female-headed families are at highest risk of maltreatment. This analysis suggests that child maltreatment is but one manifestation of community social organization and that its occurrence is related to some of the same underlying macro-social conditions that foster other urban problems.  相似文献   

The counseling needs of foreign students     

Ajit K. Das  Stephen Y. Chow  Bruce Rutherford 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》1986,9(2):167-174

This paper reports the findings of three studies of the counseling needs of international students at a medium sized University in the Midwestern region of USA. The studies were conducted over a period of five years (1977–83), and provide an historical perspective on the changes in student needs as well as in the programs designed to respond to these needs.  相似文献   

Creative literacy activities promote positive reading attitude in children learning English as a foreign language          下载免费PDF全文

Bonnie Wing‐Yin Chow  Anna Na Na Hui  Barbie Hiu‐Tung Chui 《Journal of Research in Reading》2018,41(2):278-289

This study investigated the effects of creative literacy classroom activities on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. Ninety Chinese second graders were tested on reading attitude and English receptive vocabulary knowledge. They were randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group, which engaged in English creative classroom activities for 10 weeks. Repeated measures analyses showed a significant interaction effect for reading attitude, providing empirical evidence that English creative classroom activities can enhance reading attitude. This study extends past research by demonstrating the links between creative activities and reading attitude, as well as highlights the feasibility of incorporating creative literacy activities within foreign language education. This provides a new direction for researchers and educators to develop instructional practices that incorporate a stimulating environment for English‐as‐a‐foreign‐language students. Future longitudinal research could examine whether these benefits can be maintained over a longer period.  相似文献   

Echoslamming: how incivility interacts with cyberbalkanization on the social media in Hong Kong     

Chung-hong Chan  Cassius Siu-lun Chow  King-wa Fu 《亚洲交流杂志》2013,23(4):307-327

Cyberbalkanization has growingly become common on the Internet and can lead to public’s opinion polarization. This study investigates a specific process of cyberbalkanization through which incivility is circulated within online communities. From a dataset of Hong Kong-based Facebook Pages collected during a social movement, a set of politically-organized communities was identified and their connectivity generated a post-sharing network. A random sample of contents shared between and within these communities was then manually classified based on the level of incivility. The targets of offence through the use of uncivil language were also coded. Contents shared within ideologically compatible communities were found to be more likely to be uncivil. The association was significantly more positive in a populistic community, of which members had unique political nature and cultural norms. The targets were usually political opponents and incivility was adopted to petition detractors from within-community discussions. We therefore suggest ‘echoslamming’ is an online phenomenon through which uncivil contents catalyse anger toward political opponents among ideologically congruent information sources and consequently reinforce the audience’s predilection. Such a mechanism can be one underlying explanation for a vicious circle of cyberbalkanization-induced polarization on political opinions.  相似文献   

A study of student participation and nonparticipation in prelecture electronic surveys     

Vincent C. H. Tong  Danny S. L. Chow 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2013,44(5):869-880

Student nonparticipation in electronic surveys represents a challenge to educators as it may impact significantly on the implementation or evaluation of the associated teaching activities. We here study the student evaluation of a pedagogical project consisting of prelecture online polling followed by linked revision lectures. This investigation involves studying the responses from 43 undergraduate students following a course in accounting at a British university. With regard to the students' views on the use of prelecture polling, our study shows that there are no statistically significant differences between those who did not participate in the online polling and those who did. Both groups of students were generally positive about the use of (1) polling results in structuring the revision lecture, (2) online survey in helping them prepare for the examination and (3) online polling as a teaching platform in other courses. Our findings therefore suggest that prelecture electronic surveys can help engage students with follow‐up lectures, including those who did not participate in the prelecture survey.  相似文献   

Correction to: Within- and cross-language contributions of morphological awareness to word reading and vocabulary in Chinese–English bilingual learners     

Xiuhong Tong  Catherine McBride  Connie Suk-han Ho  Mary Miu Yee Waye  Kevin Kien Hoa Chung  Simpson Wai Lap Wong  Bonnie Wing Yin Chow 《Reading and writing》2018,31(9):2211-2211

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Teaching Variation Using an Interactive Classroom Activity     

Alan F. Chow  John C. Howard  Nancy J. Lambe 《Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education》2008,6(2):305-311

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Lumbar spinal loads and muscle activity during a golf swing   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Lim YT  Chow JW  Chae WS 《Sports biomechanics / International Society of Biomechanics in Sports》2012,11(2):197-211

This study estimated the lumbar spinal loads at the L4-L5 level and evaluated electromyographic (EMG) activity of right and left rectus abdominis, external and internal obliques, erector spinae, and latissimus dorsi muscles during a golf swing. Four super VHS camcorders and two force plates were used to obtain three-dimensional (3D) kinematics and kinetics of golf swings performed by five male collegiate golfers. Average EMG levels for different phases of golf swing were determined. An EMG-assisted optimization model was applied to compute the contact forces acting on the L4-L5. The results revealed a mean peak compressive load of over six times the body weight (BW) during the downswing and mean peak anterior and medial shear loads approaching 1.6 and 0.6 BW during the follow-through phases. The peak compressive load estimated in this study was high, but less than the corresponding value (over 8 BW) reported by a previous study. Average EMG levels of different muscles were the highest in the acceleration and follow-through phases, suggesting a likely link between co-contractions of paraspinal muscles and lumbar spinal loads.  相似文献   

Health care: Its symptoms     

Marilyn Chow 《Early Childhood Education Journal》1975,2(5):3-7

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