RESEARCH OUTPUTS AND PUBLICATIONS

FacultyOfficeofEducationFacultyofEducation92RESEARCHOUTPUTSANDPUBLICATIONSP002696高慕蓮、李子建.「中學中國語文科新課程試教計劃」：課程的實施個案研究.論文發表於新世紀的語文教育與語文教師培訓國際學術研討會,主辦機構為華中師範大學、香港教育學院.武漢,中國,2000.01.05.P002738高慕蓮、郭懿芬、李子建、許守仁.以單元課程重組中國語文學習經驗的初步研究.《語文教育新動向:一九九九年國際語文教育研討會論文集》周漢光、何偉杰、康寶文、樊善標編.頁57-71.香港:國際語文教育研討會籌備委員會香港中文大學教育學院香港中文大學中國語言及文學系,2000.12.P004118SHIULaiHung.ProjectWork-IntroducingtheInnovationinClass.PaperpresentedintheInternationalConferenceonRejuvenatingSchoolsThroughPartnership,organizedbytheFacultyofEducation,CUHK.HongKong,2001.05.22.P010538高慕蓮、李子建.「中學中國語文科新課程試教計劃」——實施的個案研究.《現代教育通訊》第58期,頁41-44.香港,2001.06.P011463高慕蓮、李子建.《中國語文教學與思考教育：教學模式的初探究》論文.論文發表於《2001中文科教學研討會》,主辦機構為香港中文大學教育學院.香港,2001.06.02.P011584趙志成、陳可兒、李子建、黃家聲、趙李婉儀、張月茜、陳建順、彭家潤、鄧惠欣.香港躍進學校計劃——學校改善模式.《香港躍進學校計劃資料冊——從「夢想」到「實踐」》頁86.香港:香港中文大學教育學院,2001.03.seealsoP002661,P002697,P010400DepartmentofCurriculum&InstructionFacultyofEducation93RESEARCHPROJECTSATestConstructionSupportSystemforChemistryTeachersCHEUNGSinPuizLEEFongLokzWongKwongWaiRaymond*‰1September2000™QualityEducationFund,HKSARGovernmentResearchhasrevealedthatchemistrystudentsoftenhavemisconceptionsofchemicalconceptsevenafterteacherinstruction.Althoughresearchershavesuccessfullyidentifiedstudents'misconceptionsinanumberofchemistrytopicssuchaschemicalbondingandelectrochemistry,chemistryteachersinHongKongaregenerallyunawareoftheseimportantresearchfindings.Theprojectaimsatbuildingabridgeacrossthegulfbetweenresearchersandschoolteachersbydevelopingacomputer-basedsupportsystemcalledTestConstructionSupportSystem(TCSS).SecondaryschoolchemistryteacherswillbetrainedtousetheTCSStoimprovethequalityoftheirclassroomassessmentandchemistryteaching.TheTCSSisintendedtoprovideamultimediaenvironmentwithinwhichchemistryteacherscanperformanumberoftasks:toaccessinformationaboutstudentmisconceptionsreportedbyresearchers;tolearngeneralguidelinesforconstructionofqualitymultiple-choiceitems;topracticehowtoconstructeffectivemultiple-choiceitems;tolearnhowinformationaboutstudents'misconceptionscanbeincorporatedintothedesignofdistractorsformultiple-choiceitems;togenerateatestpaperautomaticallybythesupportsystem;andtoallowstudentstoself-assesstheirunderstandingofchemicalconceptsbyinteractingwithanelectronictestpaper.TheTCSScontentswillbewritteninEnglish.ThesystemwillbedistributedtochemistryteachersinHongKongintheformofaCD-ROM,anditwillalsobeputontheInternetsothatthedatabasescanbeupdatedperiodically.(ED20009)RefiningaStageModelforStudyingTeacherConcernsAboutEducationalInnovationsCHEUNGSinPui‰1November2000™CUHKResearchCommitteeFunding(DirectGrants)Manyattemptsateducationalchangefail.Therearealotofreasonswhyaninnovationfailstobeadoptedorimplementedbyschools,butoneimportantreasonisthatteachers'concernsabouttheadvocatedinnovationarenotmonitoredandaddressedthroughouttheprocessofchange.Toassessconcernsofteachersadoptingorimplementinganinnovation,Hall,GeorgeandRutherford’s(1977)7-StageConcernModelisprobablythemostwell-knownmodelfoundintheliterature.However,researchbyCheung,NgandHattie(2000)hasdemonstratedthatthe7-stagesimplexmodeldoesnotfitrealdata.Consequently,Cheung(2000)measuredasampleofteachers'concernsaboutschool-basedassessmentinHongKongbyanopen-endedquestionnaireandfoundthatanadditionalstageofteacherconcernsshouldbeadded.ThisresearchprojectbuildsupontheworkdonebyCheung(2000).ThepurposeoftheresearchistodevelopaStagesofConcernQuestionnairebasedonthenew6-stagemodelhypothesizedbyCheung(2000)andtotestwhetherthesixstagesofconcernsreallyformasimplexstructure.TheconcernsofHongKongteachersregardingschool-basedassessmentasacomponentofthepublicexaminationsystemwillbeusedasthecontextforresearch.(ED00315)“HongKongYoungWriter”TeachingAidHOManKoonzAUPuiKuen*‰1July2000™QualityEducationFund,HKSARGovernmentTheHongKongStarprojectaimstoprovidecomputerizedbasededitingChinesecompositionserviceforForm2(F.2)students(checkingonwordsandgrammar).Objectives:Thissoftwareprovidesassistanceinwordusageafterthecomposingprocess.ChinesewritingtoF.2studentsinHongKong.Targets:40F.2studentsinHongKongMethods:(1)toproduceteachingcompactdiscsbasedontheoriesoncognitivepsychology.(2)todemonstratetheeffectivenessofthesoftwarethroughstudiesonstudents.Process:(1)AnerroranalysiswillbedoneonsecondaryschoolF.2students'compositions.(2)AdatabasewillbecompiledbasedonthecharacteristicsoftheChineselexicon,andtheoriesinmodernChinesegrammarandcognitivepsychology.(3)Resultsonthestudieswillbepublicizedinpublicseminars.(4)Aprojectreportwillbewritten.Evaluation:Theteachingeffectivenessoftheproductcanbeguaranteedthroughstudiesandmonitoringbyexpertsandexperiencedlanguageteachers.(ED20005)APilotSchemeonUsingPutonghuaasaMediumofInstructioninChineseLanguageTeachingHOWaiKitzLAMKinPingMajorszCHEUNGLaiYin(FacultyOfficeofEducation)zYANGHuimin(FacultyOfficeofEducation)#‰1August2000DepartmentofCurriculum&InstructionFacultyofEducation94™QualityEducationFund,HKSARGovernmentTheobjectiveofthisresearchprojectistoinvestigatetheapplicationmethodsofPutonghuaasaMediumofInstructioninChineseLangu