vol. 21, no. 3 (2012)
The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
Description
The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher is indexed and abstracted in the Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Scisearch, and Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition. The journal is listed in the Thomson ISI and Elsevier SCOPUS.
It is an international refereed journal of original research in education, published triannually by the Academic Publications Office, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. It aims principally to provide a venue for the publication of empirical and theoretical studies in education, with emphasis on the experiences of successful educational systems in the Asia-Pacific Region and of the national educational systems therein that are presently underrepresented in the research literature.
The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher is indexed by Thomson Reuters (formerly ISI) and with an Impact Factor of 0.632 in the 2010 Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition.
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Front Matter
Editorial Board
Articles
The Significance of a National Context: A Comparison of Environmental Education in Turkey and New Zealand
Muammer Calik | Chris Eames
Discipline: Education, Learning Environment
Understanding the Educational Aspirations of Taiwanese Aboriginal Adolescents Based on the Developmental-Contextual Model of Career Development
Ya-ling Wu | Shi-jer Lou
Discipline: Education, Development
Exploring Students’ Cognitive Dimensions and Behavioral Patterns during a Synchronous Peer Assessment Discussion Activity Using Instant Messaging
Sheng-yi Wu | Huei-tse Hou | Wu-yuin Hwang
Discipline: Education, Psychology
The Prediction of Cheating by University Students’ Risk-taking Personality
Hoi Yan Cheung | Joseph Wu
Discipline: Education
Bridging the Gap Between and Beyond School Science Through Collaboration: Promoting Science Teachers’ Professional Development Through Diversity and Equal Partnership
Bih-jen Fwu | Hsiou-huai Wang
Discipline: Education
Contextual Factors in Teacher Decision Making: Extending the Woods Model
Marianne Rachel G. Perfecto
Discipline: Education Administration
Alternatives to On-site Evaluations of the Performance of Student-Teachers: Issues in the Measurement of Inter-rater Agreement
Sivanes Phillipson | Shane N. Phillipson | Kim Fong Poon-mcbrayer
Discipline: Education
The Effect of Teacher Feedback to Students’ Question-asking in Large-sized Engineering Classes: A Perspective of Instructional Effectiveness and Efficiency
Sung-hee Jin | Soobong Shin
Discipline: Education
Factors Accounting for Mathematics Achievement of Singaporean Eighth-Graders
Ebrahim Mohammadpour
Discipline: Mathematics, Education
A Study of Fifth Graders’ Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Mathematical Achievement
Yu-liang Chang
Discipline: Mathematics, Education
User-Design Approach in Problem Development and its Effects on Authenticity, Performance, and Satisfaction in Problem-Based Learning
Hyeon Woo Lee
Discipline: Education
Antecedents and Consequences of Middle School Students’ Achievement Goals in Science
Nurcan Kahraman | Semra Sungur
Discipline: Education
Effect of Ability Grouping on Coping Strategies and Self-esteem of Hong Kong Primary School Students
Angela Fung-ying Siu | Chi-shing Tse
Discipline: Education, Psychology
Effects of Vocabulary Games on Lexical Growth and Retention of Low-Motivated EFL Learners in Taiwan
Hui-chuan Liao | Margaret Chen
Discipline: Education, Languages
Exploring the Relationship Among L1 writing, L2 writing, and L2 Linguistic Proficiency Depending on L2 Topic Difficulty
Hee-kyung Lee
Discipline: Education, Linguistics
Emerging High-status Track in South Korea: Social Capital Formation in the Social Contexts of Foreign Language and General High Schools
Doo Hwan Kim | Yun-hye Kim
Discipline: Education, Languages
A Comparative Study of Taiwan, Singapore, and China Preservice Teachers’ Epistemic Beliefs
Min-hsien Lee | Chin-chung Tsai | Ching Sing Chai
Discipline: Education, Philosophy
An Exploration of Elementary School Students’ Conceptions of Learning: A Drawing Analysis
Hung-yuan Wang | Chin-chung Tsai
Discipline: Education, Learning
A Cross-Cultural Validation of the Epistemic Belief Inventory (EBI)
Timothy Teo | Ching Sing Chai
Discipline: Education, Philosophy
Lifelong Learning Programmes for Sustainable Development
Selva Ranee Subramaniam
Discipline: Education, Learning
Linking Motivation and Pedagogy: The Case of Newly-arrived Hong Kong Students
Ruth Ming Har Wong
Discipline: Education
Career Advancement of Academics at Public and Private Universities in Malaysia: Implications for Human Resource Development
Maimunah Ismail | Azlini Ali | Lawrence Arokiasamy
Discipline: Education, Human Resources Management