Category Archives: ◎Research Seminar
◎Research Seminar
Connected Code: Computational Participation for All (CITE & Faculty of Education Joint Seminar)
Science of Learning Strategic Focal Research Area Speaker: Professor Yasmin Kafai, University of Pennsylvania Date: 24 March 2017 (Friday) Time: 12:45-2:00pm Venue: Room 101, Runme Shaw Building, HKU Chair: Prof. Nancy Law, Professor, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Register Abstract: We are witnessing a remarkable comeback of computer programming in schools. While computers seem to be accessible everywhere, particularly outside school, where children and youth…
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Connected Gaming: New Approaches to Serious Gaming (CITE & Faculty of Education Joint Seminar)
Science of Learning Strategic Focal Research Area Speaker: Professor Yasmin Kafai, University of Pennsylvania Date: 21 March 2017 (Tuesday) Time: 12:45-2:00pm Venue: Room 101, Runme Shaw Building, HKU Chair: Prof. Nancy Law, Professor, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Register Abstract: Over the last decade, video games designed to teach academic content have multiplied. Students can learn about Newtonian physics from a…
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The Potential of Collaborative Problem Solving via Gaming (CITE & SoL-SRT Joint Seminar)
Speaker: Mr. Hong-Zheng Sun Lin, Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education, National Taiwan Normal University Date: 15 September 2016 (Thursday) Time: 12:45-2:00 pm Venue: Room 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Building Chair: Prof. Nancy LAW, Professor, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Register About the Seminar Learning through digital games has been attracting teachers’, students’, and…
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Challenges in Language Learning for Australian Indigenous Children
Speaker: Professor Gillian Wigglesworth, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Director of the Research Unit for Indigenous Language, University of Melbourne Date: 31 March 2016 (Thursday) Time: 12:45 – 02:00 pm Venue: Room 204, Runme Shaw Building , HKU Chair: Dr. Cathryn Donohue, Department of Linguistics, School of Humanities, The University of Hong Kong Register Abstract: Of the originally 250-300 Indigenous languages spoken in Australia, today only…
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◎Winter Institute
Assessment of Human Emotion and Arousal in Social Interaction through Thermal Infrared Imaging: New Insights for the Neurosciences and Human-machine Interaction (Winter Institute 2016)
Date: 13 January 2016 (Wednesday) Time: 12:45-14:00 Venue: Room 101 & 104 Runme Shaw Building Speaker: Professor Arcangelo Merla, Director of the Infrared Imaging and Near Infrared Imaging Labs Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technology (ITAB), University of Chieti, Italy Register Abstract The evaluation of the psychophysiological state of the interlocutor is an important element of interpersonal relationships and communication. Thermal infrared…
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◎Winter Institute
What the Brain Reveals about the Nature of Human Learning (Winter Institute 2016)
Date: 12 January 2016 (Tuesday) Time: 12:45 – 14:00 Venue: Room 101 & 104, Runme Shaw Building Speaker: Professor 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 Education, University of Maryland College Park Chair: Professor Amy B. M.…
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Seminar: Dialogic use of exemplars to support students’ understandings of assessment
Date: 25 September 2015 (Friday) Time: 11:30 am-12:30 pm Venue: Room 205 Runme Shaw Building Prof. David Carless, Professor of Educational Assessment and Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) in the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Prof. Claire Wyatt-Smith, Professor of Educational Assessment and Literacy and Director of the Learning Sciences Institute Australia, Australian Catholic University Dr. Kennedy Chan, Assistant professor of the…
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Seminar: Big Data in Educational Research
Speaker: Prof. Terry Bossomaier, the Strategic Research Professor in the Faculty of Business at Charles Sturt University. Date: 17 September 2015 (Thursday) Time: 12:45-2:00 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building Register About the speaker: Terry Bossomaier is the Strategic Research Professor in the Faculty of Business at Charles Sturt University. His research interests are very diverse, ranging…
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Seminar: Serious Games and Simulation
Speaker: Prof. Terry Bossomaier, the Strategic Research Professor in the Faculty of Business at Charles Sturt University. Date: 16 September 2015 (Wednesday) Time: 12:45-2:00 pm Venue: Room 206 Runme Shaw Building Register Abstract: This talk will look at some of the ways games are being used to achieve educational outlooks. We will take four perspectives: rules; play; culture; and collateral learning.…
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Learning to read in different languages: a computational modelling perspective
Speaker: Anastasia Ulicheva, PhD student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences , Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Date: 10 August 2015 (Monday) Time: 12:45-2:00 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building Register Abstract: Learning to read in some languages like English is more difficult than in others like Italian or German. Why is…
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◎SoL-SRT Symposium
Education: making a child a better learner
Speaker: Dr. Akaysha Tang, China Program Director in the Office of International Science & Engineering, National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States Date: 20 July 2015 (Monday) Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building Register Abstract To complement research that aims to improve learning via new ways of delivering domain specific information, I…
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Measuring fundamental learning capacity of the developing brain using high-density EEG
Speaker: Dr. Akaysha Tang, China Program Director in the Office of International Science & Engineering, National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States Date: 16 July 2015 (Thur) Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building Register Abstract Electrical signals recorded from outside of the head contain information about the brain’s capacity to learn. The technical…
◎Research Seminar
Inside 21st Century Creativity
25 June 2015, Thursday
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
RMS 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU
Professor Kevin Niall DUNBAR, Visiting Research Professor of The University of Hong Kong; Director of the Laboratory for Complex Thinking, Creativity, & Educational Neuroscience; Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology; College of Education, University of Maryland College Park, USA
Professor Carol K.…
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Science of Learning: Building for the Future
22 January 2015, Thursday
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Theater T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Dr. LIM, Soo-Siang, Lead Program Director and Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Science of Learning Centers (SLC) Program at the US National Science Foundation
Q&A session: 6:30 pm – 6:45 pm. This invited talk is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Abstract…
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Science of Learning Through the Arts
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27 January 2015, Tuesday
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
RMS 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU
Dr. LIM, Soo-Siang, Lead Program Director and Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Science of Learning Centers (SLC) Program at the US National Science Foundation
This seminar targets colleagues in the humanities departments of our university, and is one…
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Invited Talks on The US National Science Foundation: Advancing interdisciplinary research through international collaboration
22 January 2015, Thursday
5:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Theater T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Dr. LIM, Soo-Siang, Lead Program Director and Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Science of Learning Centers (SLC) Program at the US National Science Foundation
Dr. Nancy SUNG, Office Head, The US National Science Foundation Beijing Office
This set of two invited talks…
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The US National Science Foundation: Advancing Transformative Science and Engineering Research through International Engagement
22 January 2015, Thursday
5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
Theater T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Dr. Nancy SUNG, Office Head, The US National Science Foundation Beijing Office
Q&A session: 6:30 pm – 6:45 pm. This invited talk is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Abstract The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is the primary funder of fundamental research in science…
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Analogy, Causality, and Discovery in Science: The engines of human thought
13 January 2015, Tuesday
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
has been changed to RMS 101, Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU, Formerly at RMS 206
Professor Kevin Niall DUNBAR, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, US
This seminar is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Skip to Q&A session Abstract Open a newspaper or webpage, read a textbook, visit…
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Understanding the self through self bias
12 January 2015, Monday
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Theater T4, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Prof. Glyn HUMPHREYS, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, UK Distinguished Visiting Scholar, The University of Hong Kong
This lecture is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Skip to Q&A session Abstract Attempts to understand the self have a long history in psychology and…
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Invited Lecture —
Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities
Humanities and the Science of Learning: Revealing the essence of human thought
12 January 2015, Monday
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Theater T4, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Prof. Laura-Ann PETITTO, Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, The University of Hong Kong; Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA
This lecture is supported by Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities. It is also one of…
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Invited Lectures on Science of Learning and the Humanities
12 January 2015, Monday
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Theater T4, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Prof. Laura-Ann PETITTO, Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, The University of Hong Kong; Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA
Prof. Glyn HUMPHREYS, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, UK; Distinguished Visiting Scholar, The University of Hong…
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Educating the Scientific Brain and Mind: Insights from The Science of Learning & Educational Neuroscience
9 January 2015, Friday
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
RMS 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU
Professor Kevin Niall DUNBAR, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, US
This seminar is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Skip to Q&A session Abstract From the day we are born, science surrounds us. Children, adults, and the aged, are constantly…
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Seminar —
Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities
My Journey as a Science of Learning Scientist, the co-Founder of Educational Neuroscience, and a Former Dean of Education
8th January 2015
2:15pm – 3:30 pm
MW408A-409A-410A, 4/F., Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Prof. Laura-Ann PETITTO, Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, The University of Hong Kong, Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA
This seminar is supported by Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities. About the speaker Professor/Dr. Laura-Ann Petitto Co-Principal Investigator,…
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Strategies that help learners attain creativity, collaboration, and leadership skills
15 Dec 2014
12:45pm – 2:00pm
Room 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU
Professor Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Harvard’s Graduate School of Education
Introduction This talk describes how we can transform education to prepare students with the skills they need for a global, knowledge-based, innovation-centered economy. The array of social media for students to create…
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Learning occupations through practice: Constituting a curriculum, pedagogy and epistemology of practice
17 October 2014 (Friday)
12:30 – 14:00
Room 202, Runme Shaw Building, HKU
Professor Stephen Billett, the School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia
(Chair: Professor Carol K.K. Chan) Abstract This presentation advances an account of how learning for and through occupational practice progresses and might be enhanced. It does so by drawing on historical, anthropological, the…
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Bilingualism as a life experience: Consequences on the mind and brain
Date: 24 June 2014 (Tuesday) Time: 18:00 – 19:30 Venue: Room 750, Meng Wah Complex, HKU Speaker: Dr Gigi Luk, Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA (Chair: Professor Brendan Weekes) Seminar: Bilingualism as a life experience: Consequences on the mind and brain Abstract Human brain reorganizes itself according to one’s life experience. Brain plasticity is a term that describes…
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A computer science perspective on collaborative learning and knowledge building
Speaker: Professor H. Ulrich Hoppe, the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Date: June 20, 2014 Time: 12:45-14:00 Venue: Runme Shaw 101, HKU Abstract The Collide research group (”Collaborative Learning in Intelligent Distributed Environments”, link: http://www.collide.info) at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) forms part of the Department of Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science within the Faculty of Engineering. First, the talk…
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Making interdisciplinary research work – thoughts from the field
Date: May 12th, 2014. Time: 12:00-14:00 Venue: Rumme Shaw Building 205, The University of Hong Kong Speakers: Dr Susan Bridges, Dr Lap Ki Chan, Dr Brian Chung and Dr Olga Zayts In this interactive seminar, panel members from Social Sciences and Medical Sciences will reflect upon how we have drawn on cross-disciplinary synergies to conduct General Research Fund (GRF) and…
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PhD Opportunity
The Science of Learning Strategic Research Theme (SoL-SRT) hosted by the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong is a concentration of highly research-intensive academics working across disciplines to explore issues related to learning and cognition. SoL-SRT promotes and builds capacity for multidisciplinary research programs that advance the understanding of human learning as multilevel phenomena involving interactions across…
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Accountable Talk: How Structured Academic Discussion Builds the Mind
February 26, 2014 (Wednesday)
4:30 pm -5:45 pm
Room 102, K.K. Leung Building, HKU
Professor Lauren Resnick, University of Pittsburgh
Language: English Abstract Recent evidence from several countries suggests that long-term, “far” transfer from one academic discipline to another is possible under certain conditions of teaching and learning. For example: a) English students who discussed middle school science problems under…
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Hearing screening for school children: Comparison of low-cost, computer-based and conventional audiometry
Resources McPHERSON, B., Law, M.M.S. and Wong, M.S.M. Hearing screening for school children: Comparison of low-cost, computer-based and conventional audiometry. Child: care, health and development, 36, 323-331. 2010. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01079.x/abstract Abstract Background: There is a need to develop affordable but effective audiometric screening equipment, particularly for use in low-income countries. With advances in computer technology, low-cost computer-based audiometer software has been…
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Cantonese Time-Compressed Speech Test: Normative values for young adults
Lau, C.T.L., McPHERSON, B. and Fuente, A. Cantonese Time-Compressed Speech Test: Normative values for young adults. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 15, 197-210. 2012. Cantonese is a Chinese dialect spoken by over 50 million speakers in China and around the world. However, few Cantonese assessment tools for (central) auditory processing disorders are available. One common auditory processing…
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Adaptation of the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap into Cantonese
Fuente, A., McPHERSON, B., Kwok, E.T.T., Chan, K. and Kramer, S. Adaptation of the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap into Cantonese. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 32(2), 115-126. 2012. Abstract: This research aimed to adapt the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap (AIADH) into Cantonese. A total of six Cantonese-English bilingual speakers participated in the…
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Hearing screening for school children: utility of noise-cancelling headphones
Lo, A.H.C. and McPHERSON, B. Hearing screening for school children: utility of noise-cancelling headphones. BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, 13:6. 2013. Abstract Background Excessive ambient noise in school settings is a major concern for school hearing screening as it typically masks pure tone test stimuli (particularly 500 Hz and below). This results in false positive findings and subsequent unnecessary…
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Chinese speech audiometry material: Past, present, future
Ma, X.,McPHERSON, B. and Ma, L. Chinese speech audiometry material: Past, present, future. Hearing, Balance and Communication, 11, 52-63. 2013 Speech audiometry plays an important role in the assessment of hearing abilities, as it may more accurately reflect auditory function in the daily communication environment of listeners than other auditory assessment measures. Speech perception tests have been developed for over…
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Reading strategies of Chinese students with severe to profound hearing loss
Cheung, K.Y., Leung, M.T. and McPHERSON, B. Reading strategies of Chinese students with severe to profound hearing loss. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 18(3), 312-328. 2013. Abstract The present study investigated the significance of auditory discrimination and the use of phonological and orthographic codes during the course of reading development in Chinese students who are deaf or hard…
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Early childhood development and cognitive development in developing countries: A rigorous literature review
Rao, N., Sun, J., Wong, J.M.S., Weekes, B.S., Ip, P., Shaeffer, S., Young, M.E., Bray, M., Chen, E., & Lee, D. (2013). Early childhood development and cognitive development in developing countries: A rigorous literature review (pp. 101). DFID, UK Government. This review assembles extant evidence that will help determine how, why, and under what conditions Early Childhood Development (ECD) interventions…
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Situational analysis of young children in a changing world
Engle, P.L., Rao, N., & Petrovic, O. (2013). Situational analysis of young children in a changing world. In P.R. Britto, P.L. Engle, & C. Super (Eds.). Handbook of early child development research and its impact on global policy. New York: Oxford University Press. Young children do not develop their full potential development due to risk factors such as poverty…
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The Hong Kong early child development scale: A validation study
Rao, N., Sun, J., Ng, S.N.N., Ma, K., Becher, Y., Lee, D., Lau, C., Zhang, L., Chow, C.B., & Ip, P. (2013). The Hong Kong early child development scale: A validation study. Child Indicators Research, 6, 115-135. This paper reports on the development and validation of the Hong Kong Early Child Development Scale (HKECDS), a holistic measure of child development…
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The Development and Validation of the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS): A Six Country Study
Rao, N., Sun, J., Ng., M., Lee, D. & Becher, Y. (2013). The Development and Validation of the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS): A Six Country Study. The East Asia- Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS) have been developed by the Early Childhood Development, Education and Policy Group, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. The…
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Early achievement in rural China: The role of preschool experience
Rao, N., Sun, J., Zhou, J., & Zhang, L. (2012). Early achievement in rural China: The role of preschool experience. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27, 66-76 Abstract: Two studies examined the relationship between preschool experiences and the early academic achievement of rural Chinese children. In both Study 1 (n = 165) and Study 2 (n = 205), the school preparedness, and the literacy and…
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Teaching in primary schools in China and India: Contexts of learning
Rao, N., Pearson, E., Cheng, K.M., & Taplin, M. (2013). Teaching in primary schools in China and India: Contexts of learning. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. This book compares primary education in urban and rural China and India. It focuses on how the sociocultural context including educational policy, educators’ and parents’ beliefs, and the conditions under which teaching and learning occur shape classroom pedagogy…
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Is something better than nothing? An evaluation of early childhood programs in Cambodia
Rao, N., Sun, J., Pearson, V., Pearson, E., Liu, H., Constas, M.A., & Engle, P.L. (2012). Is something better than nothing? An evaluation of early childhood programs in Cambodia. Child Development. 83, 864-876.DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01746.x DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.07.001 Abstract: This study evaluated the relative effectiveness of home-based, community-based, and state-run early childhood programs across Cambodia. A total of 880 five-year-olds (55% girls) from…
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Impacts of Engineering Education in English Secondary Schools: A Systematic Review
Kutnick, P., Hossain, S.,Good,D. Impacts of Engineering Education in English Secondary Schools: A Systematic Review. The 2012 Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association (BERA 2012), Manchester, UK., 4-6 September 2012. Abstract: Background: Low entry-rates into STEM subjects contrast with an increasing number of individuals required for careers in engineering. Understanding why a limited number of young people choose to study engineering…
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Enhancing cultural diversity through e-PBL
Chan LK, Lu J, Lajoie SP, Wiseman J, Hmelo-Silver C. Enhancing cultural diversity through e-PBL. The 2nd Asia-Pacific Joint Conference on PBL, 24-28 October 2012. Shanghai, China. Awarded “Excellent Performance in Oral Session” Background: Exposure to cultural diversity is important in medical education in order to produce global leaders with multicultural sensitivity and communicative competency. E-learning platforms allow learners from…
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Living anatomy in the 21st century: How far can we go?
Ganguly PK, Chan LK. December 2008. Living anatomy in the 21st century: How far can we go? South East Asian Journal of Medical Education 2(2):52-57. Abstract: Living anatomy, defined as the anatomy revealed on living humans, is gaining importance in modern anatomy education, and has even been considered to replace cadaver-based anatomy study. We discussed the modalities through which living…
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Advantages of Video Trigger in Problem-based Learning
Chan LK, Patil NG, Chen JY, Lam JCM, Lau CS, Ip MSM. September 2010. Advantages of Video Trigger in Problem-based Learning. Medical Teacher 32(9):760-765. Abstract: Background: Traditionally, paper cases are used as ‘triggers’ to stimulate learning in problem-based learning (PBL). However, video may be a better medium because it preserves the original language, encourages the active extraction of information, avoids…
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The new era of e-learning: mobile learning & interactive class for the new curriculum
Fok, WWT, Tam, VWL & Wong, KKY. The new era of e-learning: mobile learning & interactive class for the new curriculum. Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong. 2012 Abstract: N/A
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iClass Assessment: A Pen-Based Assessment and Feedback Platform
Fok, W. W. T., and C. K. Y. Chan. “iClass Assessment: A Pen-Based Assessment and Feedback Platform.” Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on. IEEE, 2013. Abstract: In recent years, the demand of in-class interaction and assessment for learning is rising. There is more emphasis on using electronic tools for assessment for learning in order to facilitate…
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PBL Learning as a field learning approach: a management perspective
Chan, L.S. & Kong, W.F., 2011. PBL Learning as a field learning approach: a management perspective. In C.N. Leung & T. Luo (Eds.), Education and Heritage: historico-cultural perspective, Hong Kong: HK Education Publishing Co.
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Earth Sciences as a Vehicle to Gifted Education
Murphy, P., Chan, L.S. & Murphy E., 2011. Earth Sciences as a Vehicle to Gifted Education. School Science Review, 93(343), pp. 91-96. Abstract: The development and delivery of an Earth-science-focused short course designed to prepare Hong Kong students for university level study is described. Earth sciences provide an inspirational and challenging context for learning and teaching in Hong Kong’s increasingly…
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Recovery of naming and discourse production: a bilingual anomic case study
Dai, EYL., Kong, APH. Weekes, B. Recovery of naming and discourse production: a bilingual anomic case study. In Aphasiology, 2012, v. 26 n. 6, p. 737-756 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2011.645013 Abstract: Differential language recovery in bilingual speakers with aphasia is of interest for theoretical reasons. One issue concerns the interaction between languages (L1-L2), word class (noun versus verb), and language task (naming versus…
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Acquired dyslexia in a transparent orthography: An analysis of acquired disorders of reading in the Slovak language
Hricová, M.
Weekes, B.
Hricová, M., Weekes, B. Acquired dyslexia in a transparent orthography: An analysis of acquired disorders of reading in the Slovak language. Behavioural Neurology, 2012, v. 25 n. 3, p. 205-213. DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2012-119005 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: The first reports of phonological, surface and deep dyslexia come from orthographies containing quasi-regular mappings between orthography and…
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Acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia across scripts
Professor Weekes, Brendan Stuart
Weekes, B. S. (2012). Acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia across scripts. Behavioural Neurology, 25(3), 159-163. doi: 10.3233/ben-2012-119000 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: Many studies have investigated the cognitive processes used to read and to spell in English. Much of our knowledge about these processes comes from reports of patients with acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia, first…
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Towards paradigmatic change in TESOL methodologies: Building plurilingual pedagogies from the ground up
Professor Lin, Angel Mei Yi
Lin, A. M. Y. (2013) Towards paradigmatic change in TESOL methodologies: Building plurilingual pedagogies from the ground up. TESOL Quarterly, 47, 3, pp. 521-545 (SSCI Journal) Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: Contemporary TESOL methodologies have been characterized by compartmentalization of languages in the classroom. However, recent years have seen the beginning signs of paradigmatic…
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Knowledge Building in Society 2.0: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Jingyan Lu
Lu, J., Lai, M., & Law, N. (2010). Knowledge Building in Society 2.0: Challenges and Opportunities, in M.S. Khine and I. M. Saleh (Eds.) New science of learning: Computers, cognition and collaboration in Education, Springer. 553-567. Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: Knowledge building is a widely recognized pedagogical approach to organizing school education. It emphasizes the collective cognitive…
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Supporting collaboration with technology: does shared cognition lead to co-regulation in medicine?
Susanne P Lajoie
Jingyan Lu
Lajoie, S. P. & Lu, J. (2012). Supporting collaboration with technology: Does shared cognition lead to co-regulation in medicine? Metacognition and Learning. (7), 45-62. 10.1007/s11409-011-9077-5 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: Although course management systems (CMSs) were originally designed for teachers to manage their teaching, little interest has been directed at students’ learning. Moodle is usually regarded as…
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Online peer assessment: effects of cognitive and affective feedback
Dr. Jingyan Lu
Prof. Nancy Law
Lu, J. & Law, N. (2012). Online peer assessment: Effects of cognitive and affective feedback. Instructional Science. 40 (2), 257-275. DOI: 10.1007/s11251-011-9177-2 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: This study reports the effects of online peer assessment, in the form of peer grading and peer feedback, on students’ learning. One hundred and eighty one high school students…
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Examining students’ use of online annotation tools in support of argumentative reading
Dr. Jingyan Lu
Lu, J. & Deng, L. (2013). Examining students’ use of online annotation tools in support of argumentative reading. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 29(2), 161-171,DOI: 10.5539/ies.v6n7p66 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: This study examined how students in a Hong Kong high school used Diigo, an online annotation tool, to support their argumentative reading activities. Two year 10 classes, a…
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Scaffolding problem-based learning with CSCL tools
Dr. Jingyan Lu
Lu, J., & Lajoie, S. P., & Wiseman, J. (2010) Scaffolding Problem Based Learning with CSCL Tools. International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, 5(3), 283-298. DOI:10.1007/s11412-010-9092-6 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract Small-group medical problem-based learning (PBL) was a pioneering form of collaborative learning at the university level. It has traditionally been delivered in face-to-face text-based format. With the…
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Classroom code-switching: Three decades of research
Professor Lin, Angel Mei Yi
Lin, A. (2013). Classroom code-switching: Three decades of research. Applied Linguistics Review, 4(1), 195~218. DOI: 10.1515/applirev-2013-0009 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: In this paper I provide a review of the historical development of different research paradigms and approaches adopted in studies on classroom code switching. I also discuss the difficulties and problems faced by…