Category: ◎SoL-SRT Symposium (Part of)
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Science of Learning Discoveries about the Role of ‘Visual Sign Phonology’ and Reading: Revolutionary Implications for Young Visual Learners
Register now 11 July 2015 (Sat) 2:30pm – 4:00pm Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU Adam Stone and Geo Kartheiser, Advanced doctoral students in the PhD in Educational Neuroscience program, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, and 2015 NSF Student Scholars in the NSF Science of Learning Center, VL2, and Recipients of a NSF travel fellowship from the United…
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Stimulating motor learning – a transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) approach
30th May (Friday), 2014 12:30 to 14:00pm Runme Shaw Building 205, The University of Hong Kong Dr Frank Zhu This presentation is part of SoL-SRT Symposium – Interdisciplinary research on motor learning. Abstract Transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) is a noninvasive method to modulate activities of the neurons in the brain by applying weak electrical currents…
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Motor learning in dentistry – a vision of the future?
30th May (Friday), 2014 12:30 to 14:00pm Runme Shaw Building 205, The University of Hong Kong Dr Suzanne Perry This presentation is part of SoL-SRT Symposium – Interdisciplinary research on motor learning. Abstract The modern dental school curriculum should provide a combination of knowledge, clinical planning skills and procedural skills to allow on graduation a…
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Different approaches to language and education research
Date: 14th May, 2014 Time: 12:30 to 14:00 Venue: Runme Shaw Building 205 Speakers: Dr. Wai Ting Siok, Dr Shelley Xuili Tong, Professor Kai Ming Cheng (Discussant) Program Topic 1: Brain Imaging Research on Chinese Dyslexia Topic 2: Prosody Matters: The Cross-Linguistic Relationship between Chinese Tone Sensitivity and English Word Reading in Chinese-English Bilingual Children…
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Coaching Early Childhood Teachers to Use Teaching Strategies that Support Young Children’s Literacy Development
18th March, 2014 12:30 to 14:00 Room204, Rumme Shaw Building, HKU Dr. Wu-Ying Hsieh, LDD, Faculty of Education, HKU This presentation is part of SoL-SRT Symposium – Literacy development. Abstract Dr Hsieh will provide information derived from a research project with a focus on teaching strategies that support emergent literacy in preschoolers. These three “skill…
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A Study of Evaluative Strategies in Student-produced Crime News Texts
18th March, 2014 12:30 to 14:00 Room204, Rumme Shaw Building, HKU Ms Aditi Dubey-Jhaveri, Centennial College, HKU This presentation is part of SoL-SRT Symposium – Literacy development. Abstract The research draws on Appraisal Theory within functional linguistics to investigate the evaluative strategies through which objectivity is constructed in 40 student-produced crime news texts obtained from…