In Taiwan, most students with disabilities receive education in an inclusive setting. Literature has documented the effects of interventions in increasing students' positive behaviors in inclusive settings, including students with disabilities in Western countries; however, effectiveness of such interventions in an Asian context remains unclear.…

To well prepare pre-service teachers for their future teaching, researchers and teacher-educators have been employing information and communication technology to improve pre-service teachers' learning of subject-matter knowledge, pedagogies, classroom-management skills, and so on. This study illustrates a service-learning project we conducted to…

The present study examined the psychometric properties of scores from a direct measure of behavioral regulation, the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders task (HTKS) with 3- to 6-year-old children in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Specifically, we investigated (a) the nature and variability of HTKS scores, including relations to…

Some means of attaining an optimal strategy of teaching Chinese as a second language through pragmatic, communicative orientations in which culture plays an essential role are outlined, based on learning theories and evidence of the role of cultural differences in facilitating or obstructing second language learning. Studies of the significance of…

This study surveyed fourth-grade students (N=677) and teachers (N=489) from China, Taiwan, and the United States regarding their views toward different classroom management strategies in dealing with four kinds of classroom behaviors: (1) causing a disruption by talking to other students; (2) giving a wrong answer to a question; (3) behaving well;…

In regard to teaching problem solving in technology education, three questions are posed: (1) Why should problem solving be the intent and content of technology education? (2) How can a problem-solving approach be incorporated into technology education programs? and (3) What must be done to implement a problem-solving approach in the junior high…