Category: ◎Meeting of Minds Series
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Predicting Student Learning Outcomes in Common Core Courses
Speaker: Dr. Xiao Hu, Division of Information and Technology Studies, Faculty of Education, HKU Date: 26 May 2016 (Thursday) Time: 12:30-2:00pm Venue: Room 205, Rumme Shaw Building [Sandwiches will be served with tea and coffee] Respondent: Professor Liaquat Hossain, Division of Information and Technology Studies, Faculty of Education, HKU Chair: Professor Amy Tsui [button size=”normal” type=”info”…
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Instructional Guidance in the Learning Sciences: The Case of Knowledge Building
Speakers: Dr. Jan van Aalst and Professor Carol Chan, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Date: 11 May 2016 (Wednesday) Time:12:30-2:00 pm Venue: Room 205 Runme Shaw Building Respondent: Professor Manu Kapur, Department of Psychological Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education Chair: Professor Amy Tsui [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register ” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-instructional-guidance-in-the-learning-sciences-the-case-of-knowledge-building/”] Abstract…
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The Influence of Language on Mathematics Assessment
Speaker: Professor Frederick K.S. Leung, Kintoy Professor in Mathematics Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Date: 10 March 2016 (Thursday) Time: 12:30-2:00 pm Venue: Room 203 Runme Shaw Building Chair: Professor Brendan Weekes Respondent: Professor Carol Chan [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-the-influence-of-language-on-mathematics-assessment/”] Abstract Significant differences in mathematics achievement among students in…
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Cross-linguistic constraints on speech perception and production
Speakers: Dr. Puisan Wong and Dr. Shelley Tong, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, FoE, HKU Date: 25 February 2016 (Thursday) Time: 12:30-2:00 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building [Sandwiches will be served with coffee] Chair: Professor Brendan Weekes Respondent: Professor William Marslen-Wilson, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-cross-linguistic-constraints-on-speech-perception-and-production/”] Talk…
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Promoting Successful Intellectual Styles for the Sciences of Learning
Speaker: Professor Li-fang Zhang, Division of Learning, Development and Diversity, Faculty of Education, HKU Respondents: Professor Pauline Chiu, Department of Chemistry, HKU Dr. David M. Pomfret, Department of History, HKU Date: 18 February 2016 (Thursday ) Time: 12:45-2:00 pm Venue: Room 204 Runme Shaw Building [Sandwiches…
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Unlocking the Enigma of Chinese Mathematics Teaching Practices: Variation and the Secrets of the Virtuosos
Speakers: Dr. Ming Fai Pang, Dr. Wing-wah Ki, Dr. Arthur Lee, Mr. Ka-Lok Wong and Dr. Gaowei Chen, Faculty of Education, HKU Respondent: Prof. Kevin Niall Dunbar Visiting Research Professor of the University of Hong Kong; Director of the Laboratory for Complex Thinking, Creativity and Educational Neuroscience; Professor of the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, College of…
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Book Launch Seminar: Educational Technologies in Medical and Health Sciences Education edited by Susan Bridges, Lap Ki Chan, and Cindy Hmelo-Silver
Speakers: Dr. Susan Bridges and Dr Lap Ki Chan Respondent: Prof. Ricky Kwok Date: 8 December 2015 (Tuesday) Time: 12:30-1:45 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building [Sandwiches will be served with tea and coffee] Chair: Prof. Amy B M Tsui [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”[button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-book-launch-seminar-educational-technologies-in-medical-and-health-sciences-education-edited-by-susan-bridges-lap-ki-chan-and-cindy-hmelo-silver/”] About the book This research-based…
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Learner Expertise and Mathematics Different Order Thinking Skills in Multimedia Learning
Speakers: Dr. Thomas Chiu and Dr. Ida Mok Respondent: Professor Stanislas Dehaene (SoL-SRT visiting scholar) and Professor Carlo Semenza Date: 10th December 2015 (Thursday) Time: 12:30-2:00 pm Venue: Room 203 Runme Shaw Building [Sandwiches will be served tea and coffee] Chair: Professor Carol Chan [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-learner-expertise-and-mathematics-different-order-thinking-skills-in-multimedia-learning/”] Abstract The seminar will present a design of digital material…
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Technology-facilitated Learning in and outside Classroom
Speakers: Dr. Chun Lai and Dr. Gaowei Chen Respondent: Dr. Jan van Aalst Date: 26 November 2015 (Thursday) Time: 12:30–2:00 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building [Sandwiches will be served with tea and coffee] [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-technology-supported-learning-inside-and-outside-the-classroom/”] Topic 1: Foster Self-Directed Language Learning with Technology outside the Classroom By Dr.…
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Interrogating Hong Kong Students’ Superior Performance in PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study)
Speakers: Prof. Shek Kam Tse and Dr. Yin-kum Law Date: 12 November 2015 (Thursday) Time: 12:30-2:00 pm Venue: Room 205 Runme Shaw Building [Sandwiches will be served with tea and coffee] Chair: Prof. Amy B M Tsui [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-seminar-learning-to-read-in-different-languages-a-computational-modelling-perspective/”] Topic 1: A multilevel analysis of PIRLS 2011 data from Hong Kong By Prof. Shek Kam Tse…