Publications

Wu, Y.-T.*, & Wang, L.-J. (2023). Advancing University EFL Students’ Argumentative Essay Writing Performance through Knowledge-Building-based Holistic Instruction. Educational Technology & Society, 26(3), 115-128. (SSCI journal) 

Wu, Y.-T.*, Chai, C.-S., & Wang, L.-J. (2022). Exploring secondary school teachers’ TPACK for video-based flipped learning: the role of pedagogical beliefs. Education and Information Technologies, 27(6), 8793-8819. (SSCI journal) 

Wu, Y.-T.*, Shen, P.D., & Lin, C.-H. (2022). The Effects of Cognitive Apprenticeship and Co-Regulated Learning on Improving Student Computer Problem-Solving Skills and Learning Motivation: A Quasi-Experiment in an “Applied Information Technology: Office Software” Course. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 18(1), 1-16. (EI journal)

Lin, K.- Y., Wu, Y.-T., Hsu, Y.-T., & Williams, P.-J. (2021). Effects of infusing the engineering design process into STEM project-based learning to develop preservice technology teachers’ engineering design thinking. International Journal of STEM Education, 8(1), 1-15. (SSCI journal)

Huang, M.C.-L., Chou, C.-Y., Wu, Y.-T., Shih, J.-L., Yeh, C.-Y., Lao, A.C., & Chan, T.-W. (2020). Interest-driven video creation for learning mathematics. Journal of Computers in Education, 7(3), 395-433.

Indrastyawati, C., & Wu, Y.-T. (2020). The Effects of the Synchronous Discussion and Reflection System (SDRS) in Perception of Knowledge Building and Learning Outcomes. International Journal of Instruction, 13(3), 699-710.

Kao, C.-P., Wu, Y.-T., Chang, Y.-Y., Chien, H.-M., & Mou, T.-Y. (2020). Understanding web-based professional development in education: The role of attitudes and self-efficacy in predicting teachers’ technology-teaching integration. Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 29(5), 405-415. (SSCI journal)

Lee, M.-H., Liang, J.-C., Wu, Y.-T., Chiou, G.-L., Hsu, C.-Y., Wang, C.-Y., Lin, J.-W. & Tsai, C.-C. (2020). High school students’ conceptions of science laboratory learning, perceptions of the science laboratory environment, and academic self-efficacy in science learning. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 18, 1-15. (SSCI Journal)

Chan, T.- W., Looi, C.-K., Chang, B., Chen, W., Wong, L.-H., Wong, S.-L., Yu, F.-Y., Mason, J., Liu, C.-C., Shih, J.-L., & Wu, Y.- T. (2019). IDC theory: creation and the creation loop. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 14(1), 1-29.

Yang, F.-Y., Liu, S.-Y., Hsu, C.-Y., Chiou, G.-L., Wu, H.-K., Wu, Y.-T., Chen, S., Liang, J.-C., Tsai, M.-J., Lee, S. W.-Y., Lee, M.-H., Lin, C.-L., Chu, R.J., & Tsai, C.-C. (2018). High-school students’ epistemic knowledge of science and its relation to learner factors in science learning. Research in Science Education, 48, 325-344. (SSCI Journal)

Cai, S., Zhu, G., Wu, Y.-T., Liu, E., & Hu, X. (2018). A case study of gesture-based games in enhancing the fine motor skills and recognition of children with autism. Interactive Learning Environments, 26(8), 1039-1052. (SSCI Journal)

Lin, K.-Y., Hsiao, H.-S., Chang, Y.-S., Chien, Y.-H., & Wu, Y.-T. (2018). The effectiveness of using 3D printing technology in STEM project-based learning activities. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education, 14(12), em1633.

Chang, C.-J., Chang, M.-H., Chiu, B.-C., Liu, C.-C.*, Fan Chiang, S.-H., Wen, C.-T., Hwang, F.-K., Wu, Y.-T., Chao, P.-Y., Lai, C.-H., Wu, S.-W., Chang, C.-K., Chen, W. (2017). An analysis of student collaborative problem solving activities mediated by collaborative simulations. Computers & Education, 114, 222-235. (SSCI Journal)

Yen, M.-H., Wu*, Y.-T. (2017). The role of university students' informal reasoning ability and disposition in their engagement and outcomes of online reading regarding a controversial issue: An eye tracking study. Computers in Human Behavior, 75 (2017) 14-24. (SSCI Journal)

Wu*, Y.-T., & Wang, L.-J. (2016). Research trends in technology-enhanced knowledge building pedagogies: a review of selected empirical research from 2006 to 2015. Journal of Computers in Education, 3, 353-375.

Wang, L.J., Wu*, Y.-T., & Hu, C.-M. (2016). English Teachers' Practice and Perspectives on Using Educational Computer Games in EIL Context. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 12(3), 33-46. (EI journal)

Chang, H-Y., Wang, C-Y., Lee, M-H., Wu, H-K., Liang, J-C., Lee, Silvia W.-Y., Chiou, G-L., Lo, H-C., Lin, J-W., Hsu, C-Y., Wu, Y-T., Chen, S., Hwang, F-K., & Tsai, C-C. (2015). A review of features of technology-supported learning environments based on participants’ perceptions, Computers in Human Behavior, 53, 223–237. (SSCI Journal)

Wu, Y.-T., & Wang, A.Y. (2015). Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge in Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Representation of Primary Teachers of English in Taiwan. Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. 24(3), 525–533. (SSCI journal)

Wu*, Y.-T., & Wang, L.-J. (2015). The exploration of elementary school teachers’ Internet self-efficacy and information commitments: A study in Taiwan. Educational Technology & Society 18(1), 211-222. (SSCI journal)

Wang, C.-Y., Wu, H.-K., Lee, S. W.-Y., Hwang, F.-K., Chang, H.-Y., Wu, Y.-T., Chiou, G.-L., Chen, S., Liang, J.-C., Lin, J.-W., Lo, H.-C., & Tsai, C.-C. (2014). A review of research on technology-assisted school science laboratories. Educational Technology & Society, 17(2), 307-320. (SSCI journal)

Liu, C.-C., Lin, C.-C., Deng, K.-Y., Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2014). Online knowledge sharing experience with Creative Commons, Online Information Review, 38(5), 680-696. (SSCI journal)

Hsiao, C. H., Wu, Y. T., Lin, C. Y., Wong, T. W., Fu, H. H., Yeh, T. K., & Chang, C. Y.*(2014). Development of an instrument for assessing senior high school students’ preferred and perceived laboratory classroom environment. Learning Environments Research, 17(3), 389-399.

Wu*, Y.-T. (2013). Using educational computer games for science teaching: Experiences and perspectives of elementary science teachers in Taiwan. International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design, 3(4), 16-28. (EI journal)

Wu*, Y.-T. (2013). University students’ knowledge structures and informal reasoning on the use of genetically modified foods: Multidimensional analyses. Research in Science Education, 43(5), 1873-1890. (SSCI journal)

Wu, Y.-T., Hou, H.-T., Hou, Hwang, F.-K., Lee, M.-H., Lai, C.-H., Chiou, G.-L., Lee, S. W.-Y., Hsu, Y.-C., Liang, J.-C., Chen, N.-S., Tsai*, C.-C. (2013). A review of intervention studies on technology-assisted instruction from 2005-2010. Educational Technology & Society, 16 (3), 191-203. (SSCI journal)

Wu*, Y.-T. (2013). Research trends in technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) research: A review of empirical studies published in selected journals from 2002 to 2011. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(3), E73-76. (SSCI journal)

Lai*, H.-C., Chang, C.-Y., Li, W.-S., Fan, Y.-L., & Wu, Y.-T. (2013). The Implementation of Mobile Learning in Outdoor Education: Application of QR codes. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(2), E57-62. (SSCI journal) 

Chen, S., Lo, H.-C., Lin, J.-W., Liang, J.-C., Chang, H.-Y., Huang, F.-K., Chiou, G.-L., Wu, Y.-T., Lee, S. W.-Y., Wu, H.-K., Wang, C.-Y., & Tsai, C.-C. (2012). Development and implications of technology in reform-based physics laboratories. Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education Research, 8, 020113-1-12. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020113 (SSCI journal)

Wu*, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2011). The effects of different on-line searching activities on high school students’ cognitive structures and informal reasoning regarding a socio-scientific issue. Research in Science Education, 41(5), 771-785. (SSCI journal) 

Wu*, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2011). High school students’ informal reasoning regarding a socio-scientific issue, with relations to scientific epistemological beliefs and cognitive structures. International Journal of Science Education, 33(3), 371-400. (SSCI journal)

Tsai*, C.-C., Wu, Y.-T., Lin, Y.-C., & Liang, J.-C. (2011). Research regarding science learning in Asia: An analysis of selected science education journals. Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 20 (2), 354-365. (SSCI journal) 

Lee, S. W.-Y., Tsai*, C.-C., Wu, Y.-T., Tsai, M.-J., Liu, T.-C., Hwang, F.-K., Lai, C.-H., Liang, J.-C., Wu, H.-C., & Chang, C.-Y. (2011). Internet-based Science Learning: A review of journal publication. International Journal of Science Education, 33(14), 1893-1925. (SSCI journal) 

Kao, C.-P., Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai*, C.-C. (2011). Elementary school teachers’ motivation toward web-based professional development, and the relationship with Internet self-efficacy and belief about web-based learning. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27 (2), 406-415. (SSCI journal)

Lee, M.-H., Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai*, C.-C. (2009). Research trends in science education from 2003 to 2007: A content analysis of publications in selected journals. International Journal of Science Education, 31(15), 1999-2020. (SSCI journal) 

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai*, C. -C. (2007). High school students’ informal reasoning on a socio-scientific issue: Qualitative and quantitative analyses. International Journal of Science Education, 29(9), 1163-1187. (SSCI journal) 

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai*, C. -C. (2007). Developing an Information Commitments Survey for assessing students’ Web information searching strategies and their evaluative standards for Web materials. Educational Technology & Society, 10, 120-132. (SSCI journal)

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai*, C.-C. (2006). University students’ Internet attitudes and Internet self-efficacy: A study at three universities in Taiwan. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 9, 441-450. (SSCI journal)

Peng, H., Tsai*, C.-C., & Wu, Y.-T. (2006). University students’ self-efficacy and their attitudes toward the Internet: The role of students’ perceptions of the Internet. Educational Studies, 32, 73-86. (SSCI journal)

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai*, C. -C. (2005). Information commitments: Evaluative standards and information searching strategies in Web-based learning environments. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 21(5), 374-385. (SSCI journal)

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai*, C.-C. (2005). Effects of constructivist-oriented instruction on elementary school students’ cognitive structures. Journal of Biological Education, 39(3), 113-119. (SCI journal, SSCI) 

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai*, C.-C. (2005). Development of elementary school students’ cognitive structures and information processing strategies under long-term constructivist-oriented science instruction. Science Education, 89(5), 822-846. (SSCI journal)

Yen, M.- H., & Wu, Y.-T. (2022). The Influences of Different Online Reading Tasks on Undergraduate Students’ Reading Processes and Informal Reasoning Performances Regarding a Socioscientific Issue. In Innovative Approaches to Socioscientific Issues and Sustainability Education (pp. 313-330). Springer, Singapore. (ISBN: 978-981-19-1839-1) (corresponding author)

Wu, Y.-T., Wang, L. -J., Cheng, T-Y., Yang, Z-R. (2018) Primary Science Education in Taiwan. In: Lee YJ., Tan J. (eds) Primary Science Education in East Asia. Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, vol 47. Springer, Cham. (ISBN: 978-3-319-97167-4) (corresponding author)

Wu*, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2011). The effects of university students’ argumentation on socio-scientific issues via on-line discussion in their informal reasoning regarding this issue. In M.S. Khine (Ed.), Perspectives on Scientific Argumentation Theory, Practice and Research. (pp.221-234) Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. (corresponding author)

Tsai*, C.-C., & Wu, Y.-T. (2010). Science Education Research in Taiwan. In Y. J. Lee (Ed.), Science education in Asia (pp. 743-754). Amsterdam, Netherland: SENSE publishers.

Wu, Y.-T., & Wang, L.-J. (2022). The effects of Online Collaborative Knowledge Building Learning activities on University EFL Students Argumentative Essay Writing. Paper presented at the Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTELL 2022). Xi’an, China.

Wu, Y.-T., & Wang, L.-J. (2022). The effects of Online Collaborative Knowledge Building Learning activities on University EFL Students Argumentative Essay Writing. Paper presented at the Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTELL 2022). Xi’an, China.

Tello, A. B., Wu, Y.-T., Perry, T., & Yu-Pei, X. (2020, July). A Novel Yardstick of Learning Time Spent in a Programming Language by Unpacking Bloom’s Taxonomy. In Science and Information Conference (pp. 785-794). Springer, Cham.

Wang, L.-J. & Wu, Y.-T. (2020). Using computer-supported collaborative knowledge building activities to enhance L2 argumentative essay writing performance. Paper presented at the19th Symposium on Second Language Writing (SSLW20ist), Istanbul, Turkey. (Due to the coronavirus outbreak, this conference will be held at the end of 2020 in Bali, Indonesia)

Chao, P.-Y., Wu, Y.-T. (2019). Design and Evaluation of a Visualized Program Tracing Learning Environment. Paper presented at the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2019 (GCCCE 2019). Wuhan, China.

Lin, C.-C., Wu, Y.-T. (2018, Nov). The effectiveness of integrating adaptive learning platform with flipped classroom in students’ learning performance and self-learning approach. Paper presented at the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2018), Manila, Philippines.

Wu, Y.-T., Tang, K. -Y.  (2018). The intellectual structure of empirical Knowledge Building studies published in the selected Journals from 2006 to 2017: A co-citation network analysis. Paper presented at the Knowledge Building Summer Institute 2018 (KBSI 2018). Toronto, Canada.

Wu, Y.-T., Cheng, T.-Y., Lin, C.-C. (2018). The exploration of the process and performance of High school student’ science simulation activities on a collaborative scientific problem solving learning system. Paper presented at the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2018 (GCCCE 2018). Guangzhou, China.

Ratumbuisang, K. -F., Wu, Y.-T., & Surjono, H. -D. (2018). The effectiveness of iCRT Video-based Reflection System on Pre-service Teachers’ Micro Teaching Practice Focusing on Meaningful Learning with ICT. Paper presented at Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1140, No. 1, p. 012018). IOP Publishing.

Ardisa P., Wu, Y.-T., & Surjono, H.-D. (2018). Improving Novice Teachers' Instructional Practice Using Page 1/2 Date : 1111121 Technology Supported Video-based Reflection System: The Role of Novice Teachers' Beliefs , Paper presented at the International Conference on Electrical, Electronic, Informatics and Vocational Education. 

Shulhah, S. A. -M., & Wu, Y.-T. (2018). Examining Vocational Teachers’ Online Video-Based Reflective Practice Regarding Guided Discovery Learning Instruction. Paper presented at the  Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1140, No. 1, p. 012019). IOP Publishing.

Lin, C.-C., Wu*, Y.-T., & Cheng, T.-Y. (2017). Online knowledge-structure-based adaptive science learning: Integrates adaptive dynamic assessment into adaptive learning. Paper presented at  the 2017 TENZ/ICTE Conference: Technology: An Holistic Approach to Education, October 9-11, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Lin, K.-Y., Wu, Y.-T., & Hsu, Y.-T. (2017). Effects of applying an engineering design process in a STEM-based learning activity to help develop engineering design thinking among pre-service technology teachers. Paper presented at the 2017 TENZ/ICTE Conference: Technology: An Holistic Approach to Education, October 9-11, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Wu, Y.-T., Wang, L.-J., & Cheng, T.-Y. (2017). A Preliminary Study of University Students’ Collaborative Learning Behavior Patterns in the Context of Online Argumentation Learning Activities: The Role of Idea-Centered Collaborative Argumentation. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL2017), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Wu, Y.-T., Wang, L.-J., & Cheng, T.-Y. (2017). The effects of explicit collaborative argumentation instruction in collaborative argumentation-based learning activities in high school context. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL2017), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Zhu, G., Resendes, M., Khanlari, A., Scardamalia, M., & Wu, Y. T. (2017). Asking Semantically Similar Questions in Knowledge Building Communities: Patterns and Effects. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL2017), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Chang, C.-J., Liu, C.-C., Wu, Y.-T., Chang, M.-H., Fan Chiang, S.-H., Chiu, B.-C., Wen, C.-T., Hwang, F.-K., Chao, P.-Y., Lai, C.-H., Wu, S.-W., & Chang, C.-K. (2016, Nov). Students’ perceptions on problem solving with collaborative computer simulation. Paper presented at The 24th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2016), Bombay, India.

Cheng, T.-Y., Cheng, C.-S., Wang, L.-J., & Wu, Y.-T. (2016). A review on empirical MOOCs studies published in selected international journals: From 2008 to 2015. Paper presented at the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2016 (GCCCE 2016), Hong Kong.

Wang, L.-J., Wu, Y.-T., Cheng, T.-Y. (2016). Research Trends in Empirical Studies in Knowledge Building Pedagogy: A Review of Papers Published in Selected International Journals from 2006-2015. Paper presented at the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2016 (GCCCE 2016). Hong kong.

Wu, Y.-T., Chen, P.-H., & Cheng, C.-S. (2015). The effects of a chemistry educational computer game (cecg) in high school students’ learning outcomes and flow experience. Paper presented at the Seventh Asian Conference on Education (ACE 2015), Kobe, Japan

Wang, L.-J., Liu, P.-H., & Wu, Y.-T. (2015). Research trends of World Englishes from 2005 to 2014: A content analysis of publications in selected databases. Paper presented at the The Seventh Asian Conference on Education (ACE 2015), Kobe, Japan

Cheng, C.-S., Cheng, T.-Y., & Wu, Y.-T. (2015). An Action Research on Implementing Science Reading Activities for Fifth and Sixth Graders. Paper presented at the The Seventh Asian Conference on Education (ACE 2015), Kobe, Japan

Wang, L.-J., Hu, C.-M., & Wu, Y.-T. (2015). The Effects of Integrating Metacognitive Scaffolding in Chemistry Educational Computer Games in High School Students’ Learning Outcomes and Game-based Learning. Paper presented at the 23nd International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2015), Hangzhou, China.

Wang, L.-J., Cheng, C.-Y., Hu, C.-M., & Wu, Y.-T. (2014). The Development and Evaluation of the Online Science Fair Inquiry System based on Scaffolding Design. Paper presented at the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2014), Nara, Japan

Hu, C.-M., Cheng, C.-S., Wang, L.-J., Hou, H.-T., Kuo, Y.-C., Cheng, T.-Y., & Wu, Y.-T. (2014). Development and preliminary evaluation of a knowledge management-based online teacher community platform for science fair instruction: A cluster analysis. Paper presented at the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2014), Nara, Japan

Yen, M.-H., Wu, Y.-T. (2014). Reading Online Information about Socio-scientific Issues: the Role of Informal Reasoning Ability. Paper presented at the ASERA 2014 Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Wang, L.-J., Chen, Y.-A., Lai, C.-M., Chen, R.-H., & Wu, Y.-T. (2013). The Development and Evaluation of the Science Reading and Essay Writing System. Paper presented at the 21th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2013), Denpasar Bali, Indonesia

Wu, Y.-T., Wang, L.-J., Cheng, C.-S., & Shih, Y.-H. (2013). Development and preliminary evaluation of a teacher online community platform for science fair instruction.Paper presented at the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2013(GCCCE2013). Beijing, China.

Mai, C.-H., Chung, I.-H., Yang, Z.-R., Wang, L.-J., & Wu, Y.-T. (2012). The Development and Evaluation of the Online Science Fair Inquiry System. Paper presented at the 20th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2012), Singapore.

Wang, L.-J., Shih, Y.-H., Cheng, C.-S., & Wu, Y.-T. (2012). The Development and Evaluation of the Teacher Science Fair Knowledge Sharing Community System. Paper presented at the 20th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2012), Singapore, NTU.

Chen, J.-H., Chiu, Y.-H, Tseng, Y.-P., Mai, C.-H., & Wu, Y.-T. (2012). The design and development of a digital science educational game: Chemical Homerun!. Paper presented at the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2012, Ping-Tung County, Taiwan.

Chen, C.-H., Cheng, M.-T., Wu, Y.-T., & Chen, J.-H. (2012). Serious Games Applied in Science Education: A Review of Publications in Selected Journals. Paper presented at the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2012, Ping-Tung County, Taiwan.

Wang, L-J., Wu, Y.-T. (2012). Integrating educational computer games in English teaching: In-service English teachers’ perspective. Paper presented at the 15th International CALL Research Conference, Taichung, Taiwan.

Mai, C.-H., Cheng, C.-S., & Wu, Y.-T. (2011). Integrating educational computer games in science teaching: In-service science teachers’ perspectives. Paper presented at the 19th International Conference on Computers in Education, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Chung, I.-H., Cheng, C.-S., Mai, C.-H., & Wu, Y.-T. (2011). Elementary school science teachers’ experiences, attitudes and perspectives on digital games and using digital educational games in science classrooms. Paper presented at the 19th International Conference on Computers in Education, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Wu, Y.-T., Yang, S.-M. & Chen, Y.-P. (2011). University student informal reasoning outcomes regarding two genetic engineering related issues. Paper presented at European Science Education Research Association 2011 Conference, Lyon, France.

Chung, I.-H., & Wu, Y.-T. (2011). Digital Educational Games in Science Learning: A Review of Empirical Research. Paper will be presented at the sixth International Conference on E-Learning and Games (Edutainment 2011), Taipei, Taiwan.

Shih, Y.-H., Hou, H.-T. & Wu Y.-T. (2011). A Review on the Concepts and Instructional Methods of Mini Digital Physics Games of PHYSICSGAMES.NET. Paper will be presented at the sixth International Conference on E-Learning and Games (Edutainment 2011), Taipei, Taiwan.

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2011). The effects of argumentation via on-line discussion in university students’ informal reasoning regarding genetic engineering. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Orlando, FL.

Chen, Y.- P., & Wu, Y.-T. (2011). The development of preservice teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge regarding inquiry-based instruction: A case study. Paper presented at International conference on science language and E-learning, Ping-Tung County, Taiwan.

Chou, P.-C., & Wu, Y.-T. (2011). Teaching science with ICT-enhanced SSI-based instruction in a remote-district elementary school: Action research. Paper presented at International conference on science language and E-learning, Ping-Tung County, Taiwan.

Shih, Y.-H., Chung, I.-H., Wu Y.-T., & Chen, S. Y. (2011). University students’ assessment of usability of Yahoo Answers. Paper presented at the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education Conference (GCCCE), Hangzhou, China.

Wu, Y.-T., Tsai, C.-C., Kao, C.-P., & Liang, J.-C. (2010). Elementary school teachers’ information commitments and their Internet self-efficacy: Structural equation modeling analyses. Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (APTEL 2010), Osaka, Japan.

Yang, S.-M. & Wu, Y.-T. (2010). The relationship between Taiwanese university students’ cognitive structures and their informal reasoning regarding the use of genetically modified foods. Paper presented at the ASERA 2010 Conference, New South Wales, Australia.

Cheng, C.-S. & Wu, Y.-T. (2010). Elementary science teachers' motivation toward professional development: the role of gender, academic background and teaching experience. Paper presented at the Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2010, Osaka, Japan.

Kao, C.-P., Chien, H.-M., Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2010). Elementary school teachers' attitudes and motivation toward web-based professional Development. Paper will be presented at the Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2010, Osaka, Japan.

Wu, Y.-T. (2010). Exploring elementary science teachers' perceived self-efficacy toward pedagogical content knowledge for science teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, PA.

Wu, Y.-T. (2009). The effects of different instructional strategies on high school students’ on-line searching outcomes and conceptual learning outcomes: The role of epistemological beliefs. Paper presented at the Personal Epistemology and Learning (PEL) conference 2009, Taipei, Taiwan.

Cheng, C.-S. & Wu, Y.-T. (2009). Integrating socio-scientific issues into science instruction: Taiwanese elementary science teachers’ views and teaching practices. Paper presented at the International Science Education Conference (ISEC), Singapore.

Kao, C.-P., Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2009). Elementary school teachers’ motivation toward web-based professional development and their Internet self-efficacy. Paper presented at the 2009 International Asian Conference on Education, Osaka, Japan. 

Kao, K.-P., Wu, Y.-T., Tsai, C.-C., & Yang, Y.-F. (2009). The relationships between elementary school teachers’ belief about web-based learning and their motivation toward web-based professional development. Paper presented at the 2009 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications is an international conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Kao, C.-P., Tsai, C.-C., Wu, Y.-T., & Chien, H.-M. (2009). Exploring teachers’ attitudes toward web-based professional development and beliefs about web-based learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, Charleston, SC, USA.

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2009). The effects of on-line searching activities on high school students' informal reasoning on a socio-scientific issue. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Garden Grove, CA.

Wu, Y.-T., Tsai, C.-C., & Chang, C. Y. (2008). High school students' scientific epistemological beliefs, cognitive structures regarding nuclear power usage, and their informal reasoning on the debates of nuclear power usage. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore.

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2008). The interaction between high school students’ scientific epistemological beliefs and different on-line searching tasks on their on-line inquiry learning outcomes regarding a socio-scientific issue. Paper presented at Conference of Asian Science Education, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Wu, Y.-T. (2007). The relationships between high school students’ scientific epistemological beliefs and their informal reasoning on a socio-scientific issue. Paper presented at the First Earth Science Education Conference: Technology Enhanced Learning in Earth Science, TaoYuan, Taiwan.

Wu, Y.-T., Tsai, C.-C., & Chang, C. Y. (2007). The relationships between high school students’ cognitive structures regarding nuclear power and their informal reasoning on nuclear power usage. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans.

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2006). High school students’ argumentation and decision-making on a socio-scientific issue: Qualitative and quantitative analyses. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Francisco. (This paper is nominated for 2006 NARST outstanding paper award)

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2005). Developing the Information Commitment Survey for assessing college and graduate students’ evaluative standards for Web information and their searching strategies in Web-based learning environments. Paper presented at 2005 World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education, Vancouver, Canada.

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2005). The relationships between Taiwanese university students’ Internet attitudes and their Internet self-efficacy. Paper presented at 2005 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Montreal, Canada.

Wu, Y.-T., & Tsai, C.-C. (2004). The effects of constructivist-oriented science instruction on fifth graders’ cognitive structures. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Vancouver, Canada. (This paper is nominated for 2004 NARST outstanding paper award)