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A case study on learning Chinese character (CC) with app
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Does ICT(app) help children in CC learning?
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ICT
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The concept
- What do you know about ICT?
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The integration
- What ways do you think ICT could be integrated into education?
- How many ways of learning with ICT do you have experienced?
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children learning
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patterns
- visual
- auditory
- mixed
- What kind of learners are you/ is the student/ is your child?
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effect factors
- Family statues
- What's your parents' educational levels?
- What's your parents' occupations?
- Does your family belong to upper class, middle class, or lower class?
- Are you from a single-parent family?
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How does it affect teaching and learning process?
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learning process
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student characteristics
- Learning style
- What's your learning style?
- Prior knowledge
- How many CC can you recognize or write before?
- Intelligence
- Motivation
- Are you interested in language learning?
- Why do you think learning CC is important?
- How do you like CC learning?
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Approach of learning
- Humanistic
- Behaviourist
- Cognitivist
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teaching process
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teacher characteristics
- knowledge
- What is the teacher's level on Chinese language? (e.g. degree, certificate, academic achievements etc.)
- skills
- How long have the teacher taught Chinese?
- How well is the teacher familiar with implementing ICT into teaching practice?
- efficacy
- What do you think of the teacher's role in educational practice?
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teacher behaviour
- Planning
- How long do you prepare for a session before a class?
- How do you prepare for your class?
- Management
- Instruction
- What kind of roles do you think you play in class, instructor, leader, speaker or whatever?
- Do you think the classroom instruction is important for teachers/you, why or why not?
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school policiies
- Leadership
- What is the organizational structure of the leadership in your school?
- Do the leaders in your school make communication with teaching staff, students or parents?
- Climate
- What is the ethos in your school?
- What kind of ethos do you wish your school could develop/improve?
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What are the merits and deficiencies of learning CC with app compared with the traditional methods?
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CC learning app
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design
- What do you think are the important factors in a CC learning app design?
- Do you think this app is a well-designed one?
- Which parts do you appreciate, and which parts do you think need improving?
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function/deliverable
- What do you think the efficiency of the app?
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traditional CC learning methods
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implementation
- What is the normal way of learning CC in the traditional methods?
- What
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deliverable
- What do you think are advantages of traditional CC learning methods?
- What do you think are its main limitations?
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How to evaluate the learning outcomes of children by using such app?
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learning outcomes
- Test/Exam