This study aims to explore the effects on junior high school students¡¦ learning attitudes as well as learning performance after using 3C products. The study was conducted by means of questionnaire survey with self-editted ¡§Questionnaire on Learning Attitudes and Learning Performance¡¨. 600 junior high school students were randomly sampled from 25 public junior high schools in Kaohsing County and Kaohsiung City. The collected data was analyzed by statistical methods, including T-test, Chi-Square test, One-Way ANOVA, Point-Biserial Correlation , Person¡¦s Correlation and Multiple Regression. Based on the analyzed results, the followings were concluded: 1. The students of different background have different using function on 3C products such as cellphones, console game, digital cameras and computers. 2. The students of different background have different using frequency on 3C products such as cellphones, console game, digital cameras . 3. The effects occurred on students¡¦ attitudes after using 3C products. 4. Students¡¦ performance was affected by their attitudes after using 3C products. 5. The predictability on learning performance of Skill Level can even reach to 53.1%, followed by 1.6% of Emotion Level.

Reflection plays an important role in the learning process. A good learning strategy is supposed to improve a learner¡¦s reflection level.The Prompts is one of the learning strategies to promote a learner¡¦s reflection level. As a result, a well-formed prompt strategy fitting what a learner has or is situated in the right context will be the key factor contributing to promote a learner¡¦s reflection level. This study applied the prompts strategy in a Microblogging environment and named it as ¡§Microblogging Prompts Strategy¡¨. It¡¦s expected that designed microblogging prompts strategy would have positive effects on a learner¡¦s reflection level, metacognition and learning performance. The results show that microblogging prompts strategy has significantly positive effects on a learner¡¦s reflection level and metacognition but no positive effects on learner¡¦s learning performance. In addition to this, this study further investigates the learner¡¦s usage attitude and feedback toward the microblogging prompts steategy. Finally, the learners accessing microblogging prompts system by mobile devices were interviewed in order to investigate the potential issues and prombles of this strategy in the mobile learning environment.

The Study of Relationship among Goal Orientation, Learning Satisfaction, and Learning Performance --Taking Kaohsiung Learning Center Of National Open University as Example Abstract Due to the prevalence of Internet and the emerging of knowledge economics, human being in the 21st century are facing rapid changing with greater impact than ever before. The trend of globalization and knowledge explosion results in significant influence imposed upon both education and learning; in particular, lifelong learning in which adult education plays an important role. This thesis presents the results of studying the inter-relationship and interaction among goal orientation, learning satisfaction, and learning performance. In this research work, the theory on the inter-relationship among goal orientation, learning satisfaction, and learning performance is first constructed. To conduct the quantitative analysis as the investigation through intersection, a questionnaire is developed to take survey on students registered to Kaohsiung Learning Center of National Open University. The objective is to explore the variance, the relationship and the effect imposed, by the goal orientation of these students, upon the learning satisfaction and the learning performance. In addition, an investigation on how the interaction between learning satisfaction and goal orientation affects learning performance is undertaken. Through the analysis, the followings are found: 1. There is significant positive inter-relationship among goal orientation, learning satisfaction, and learning performance. 2. Goal orientation and learning satisfaction impose significant positive effect upon learning performance. 3. Learning orientation was found to have significant moderating effect between learning satisfaction and learning performance. 4. For variables based on gender: female students show greater variance than male students on teaching quality, offered courses, and human relation. 5. For variables based on registration: college students show greater variance than university students of both full registration and partial registration in learning orientation. 6. For variables based on occupations: no significant variance shown in goal orientation, learning satisfaction, and performance orientation. 7. For variables based on study duration: there is considerable variance in avoidance orientation and human relation among students who have studied for 10 years or longer. 8. For variables based on the times of suspension: students who suspended 4 times or more show greater variance in human relation and social capability.

The main objective of this research is to adopt SCORM SSS (Simple Sequence Specification) standard to develop an adaptive learning system and to access its effectiveness for adaptive learning. The dependent variable of this research is the learners¡¦ learning outcomes, including three constructs that are the learning performance, satisfaction and learning efficiency. The subjects of this research are two classes with total of 61 students in the fifth grade of elementary school, the experiment group has 31 students, and the control group has 30 students. Experiment learning topic is decimal division in mathematics of primary school. The learning materials are designed by a professional teacher in the field of mathematics domain. The concept map and instructional flow chart were used to guide the content design. The result has found that the adaptive learning not only has the same level of learning performance, but also has a higher learning efficiency comparing with the traditional learning. The contributions of this research are; to provide an exemplification of how to design an adaptive learning course using SCORM SSS compliant LMS; to show the advantage that learners don¡¦t have to strict on a fixed learning path like in a traditional courses; and to demonstrate the potential for those competent students who can use less time to complete normal tasks and hence get chances to explore more in depth knowledge.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of utilizing learning website on the learner¡¦s performance. We chose the learning website of Koa-Yuan university as an experimental platform and investigated student performance in the ¡§Copywriting¡¨ course. Task-Technology Fit¡]TTF) model was used to develop the research framework. We also add ¡§expert guidance¡¨ into this experiment as a moderating variable. The experimental result shows that task characteristic and technology characteristics well explained the perceived task-technology fit. For all students, the fit level impacts on their learning performance. In the TTF factors, ¡§relationship with users¡¨,¡¨ timeliness¡¨, and ¡§quality¡¨ have more influence on learning performance. For students with ¡§expert guidance¡¨, the effect of ¡§relationship with users¡¨, and ¡§quality¡¨ were significant; while ¡§relationship with users ¡¨and ¡¨ timeliness¡¨ were significant for students without ¡§expert- guidance¡¨.

Orientador: Marcia Regina Ferreira de Brito / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T12:37:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Quintiliano_LucianedeCastro_M.pdf: 18140612 bytes, checksum: 9b62d56cba6f4d49846edf7718a34c1f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Mestrado / Educação Matematica / Mestre em Educação

This paper inspired by simulation by Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) applied recently for evaluation of phonics methodology to teach children "how to read". A novel approach for teaching a mathematical topic using a computer aided learning (CAL) package applied at educational field (a children classroom). Interesting practical results obtained after field application of suggested CAL package with and without associated teacher's voice. Presented study highly recommends application of a novel teaching trend based on behaviorism and individuals' learning styles. That is to improve quality of children mathematical learning performance.

This paper inspired by simulation by Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) applied recently for evaluation of phonics methodology to teach children "how to read". A novel approach for teaching a mathematical topic using a computer aided learning (CAL) package applied at educational field (a children classroom). Interesting practical results obtained after field application of suggested CAL package with and without associated teacher''s voice. Presented study highly recommends application of a novel teaching trend based on behaviorism and individuals'' learning styles. That is to improve quality of children mathematical learning performance.

This research aims to inform the relevance of Organisational Learning (OL) to policing management practice by investigating its impact and prevalence in UK policing. In the prescriptive literature, OL is propounded as an important aspect of effective organisations that needs to be leveraged. The field of OL is found to be diverse, lacking empirical work, and in need of suitable research techniques. To focus the research, a specific example of OL is proposed in performance management (PM) practice. The PM literature shows the theoretical foundations for practice are underdeveloped. This research addresses this by combining these two fields. As a result, practical data is made available to support an examination of OL and a theoretical basis for PM is developed. In the absence of a suitable model to structure data collection, a new OL model of PM is derived from the literature. A Critical Realist position is adopted which aims to identify the nature of the phenomena underlying OL. Three case studies with UK Police Forces, which involved fifty-two interviewees, were undertaken during 2008. A pilot case study was undertaken in Scotland, with the follow-up case studies in England and Northern Ireland. The data from interviews is analysed in NVivo using a range of coding techniques. Using the results from these case studies, the provisional OL Model of PM is tested and developed further. PM practice is found to involve the creation of knowledge and the creation of action and the relationship to organisational purpose is highlighted. Six elements of the OL process are defined as Attention, Analysis, Advising, Adjusting, Affecting and Achieving. Dimensions influencing PM practice in the cases are identified. The outcomes of the research indicate relevance to policing management practice, as well as to the wider fields of PM practice and OL theory.

Nos últimos anos a educação tem sido alvo de muitos estudos, o que provavelmente reflete a sua grande importância no contexto de uma nação. A análise da questão educacional geralmente abrange dois aspectos: o atendimento escolar e a qualidade do ensino. No que tange à inclusão escolar no Brasil, sabe-se que essa variável teve sucesso durante a última década, entretanto, com relação à qualidade de ensino o mesmo não pode ser dito. O objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar os determinantes do desempenho escolar das crianças brasileiras, tendo como foco principal a família. A abordagem do papel da família será realizada a partir de dois ensaios: análise do impacto da participação materna no mercado de trabalho sobre o desempenho educacional da criança e avaliação do papel exercido pela família em auxiliar a criança nas atividades escolares. O primeiro estudo utilizará os dados de duas sub-amostras da Pesquisa Mensal de Emprego (PME), dos anos de 1986 a 1995 e de 2002 a 2006. Já na segunda abordagem, serão utilizados os dados do Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Básica (SAEB), do ano de 2005, nos quais será analisado o desempenho dos estudantes das quartas séries do ensino fundamental. Em geral, os resultados indicaram evidências da relevância dos fatores familiares para os bons resultados escolares da criança, tanto pelo efeito negativo do trabalho materno como pelo efeito positivo de algumas variáveis de investimento e de interação familiar. / Recently, education has been examined by many studies, which reflects its great importance in the context of a nation. The analysis of the educational issue usually involves two aspects: school attendance and quality of education. With regard to Brazilian school attendance, it is known that this variable has had success over the last decade; however, the same can not be said about de quality of educational system. The aim of this research is to analyze the determinants of academic performance of Brazilian children, focusing on the family. The approach will analyze the impact of maternal labor on child educational performance and the role of the family in child school activities. The first study uses data from two sub-samples of Pesquisa Mensal de Emprego (PME), referring to periods from 1986 to 1995 and from 2002 to 2006. In the second approach, will be used data from Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Básica (SAEB) of 2005, where will be examined the students performance of the fourth series of primary school. The results, in general, show that family factors were relevant for child school performance, considering the negative effect of maternal employment and the positive effects of some variables of investment and family interaction.