Case Study In Taiwan Research Articles

Factors influence the digital media teaching of primary school teachers in a flipped class: A Taiwan case study

The current study focuses on the key roles that affect the success of a flipped classroom. The research was conducted with a questionnaire survey created from a study of literature review. Out of a total of 441 samples, 424 valid samples (96.14%) from teachers have been received. The study key conclusions are as follows: (1) a principal leadership has positive effect on student’s learning achievement; (2) a principal leadership has positive effect on teacher’s attitude of digital media teaching; (3) a teacher’s attitude of using digital media has positive effect on student's learning achievement; (4) a teacher’s attitude towards digital media teaching moderates the relationship between principal leadership and student’s learning achievement; and (5) parental involvement has a positive effect on student's learning achievement. However, administrative support appeared to weakly influence teacher’s attitudes towards digital media teaching. Very often in the culture of Taiwanese primary school, the teachers tend to only obey the principal and neglect the requirements of the administrative staff. Keywords : digital media; flipped classroom; learning achievement; teaching attitude

Environmental benefits of renewable building materials: A case study in Taiwan

As the global economy develops and population increases, substantial fossil energy use has caused a sizable increase in greenhouse gas emission and the subsequent greenhouse effect, leading to global warming. Reducing greenhouse gas emission and forest resource consumption is imperative. Producing, manufacturing, and using construction materials such as concrete, steel, and formworks consume abundant energy and produce considerable waste, affecting the natural environment. Specifically, formwork engineering, which involves substantial forest resource harvesting and waste production in manufacturing and using timber formworks, requires attention. Currently, formwork engineering in Taiwan has typically adopted timber formworks. In 2013–2015, the annual average total floor area of reinforced concrete buildings was 30,950,383m2 in Taiwan. Converting this number to the number of timber formworks revealed that a staggering 1,843,437 cedar trees aged 30 years were required annually for the aforementioned total area, excluding other types of engineering such as bridges and retaining walls. This study sought to reduce the use of timber formworks to decrease deforestation, preventing forest resource depletion. Specifically, plastic formworks exhibit considerably improved reusability, low manufacturing costs, and favorable recyclability. The recyclability of plastic formworks enables the reuse of the material and purpose of environmental sustainability.

Revisit Multiple Intelligences with the Roles of Motivation, Strategy, and Anxiety in Foreign Language Learning—A Case Study in Taiwan

The study was conducted to revisit multiple intelligences with the roles of motivation, strategy, and anxiety in foreign language learning. Subjects were 260 Hospitality management major students in a private five-year junior college in north-eastern Taiwan, including 114 males and 146 females. They helped to fill out the 226-item questionnaires dealing with multiple intelligences [1] [2], motivation [3], strategy [4], and anxiety [5]. The results revealed that a correlation among multiple intelligences, motivation, strategy, and anxiety did exist, and led to different English levels. Discussions, implications, and suggestions for students, teachers, parents, and schools were provided.

Gender Matters from the Beginning of the Long Journey of Foreign Language Learning- A Case Study in Taiwan

Gender Matters from the Beginning of the Long Journey of Foreign Language Learning- A Case Study in Taiwan

Performance analysis for the long-term field verifications of grid-connected photovoltaic system: case study in Taiwan

Performance analysis for the long-term field verifications of grid-connected photovoltaic system: case study in Taiwan

Assessment of Student Learning Attitudes toward CDIO-Based Course Design: A Case Study in Taiwan

Assessment of Student Learning Attitudes toward CDIO-Based Course Design: A Case Study in Taiwan

Analysis of Impact of Integration of Large PV Generation Capacity and Optimization of PV Capacity: Case Studies in Taiwan

Installed solar power has recently grown dramatically in Taiwan. When a large amount of solar power is integrated into a grid, its impacts on existing power systems must be analyzed. Currently, the maximum solar power capacity is installed in the Central Taiwan Science Park, and the highest penetration of photovoltaics (PV) is in Penghu Island, Taiwan. Therefore, this paper studies the effects of increased PV installation capacity in these two locations in Taiwan with respect to both steady-state and dynamic performances. First, a charged system search (CSS) algorithm is applied to determine the optimal PV installed capacity at chosen buses, considering the need to minimize the transmission loss and voltage variation. System impact analysis is then performed on the new system with increased PV capacity. The effect of PV low-voltage-ride-through (LVRT) capability on system dynamic performance is further analyzed.

Trans-Disciplinary Education for Sustainable Marine and Coastal Management: A Case Study in Taiwan

The present study aims to investigate the effect of a trans-disciplinary design of curricula, deemed a powerful tool for teaching and research on complex environmental problems, with a goal to help solve the real problems that climate change has brought to the coastal environment in Taiwan. Three major real-life problems in southern Taiwan—declining mullet fisheries, flooding, and coral bleaching—were integrated into four courses. Adopting a qualitative case study method, the researchers investigated the student perceptions of the trans-disciplinary learning experiences, their attitudes toward marine and coastal environmental protection, and their capability of solving the problems related to marine and coastal environments. The researchers employed various methods to analyze the student reflection reports, student self-evaluation forms, and the tape-recorded class meetings. The findings suggest the following: the trans-disciplinary curriculum stands to be an innovative yet indispensable design for coastal management education; such a curriculum benefits students by equipping them with essential knowledge and skills to succeed in future marine conservation; action learning for marine and coastal sustainability serves as the final goal of trans-disciplinary learning project; a trans-disciplinary case study on the design of curricula provides effective knowledge integration of marine and coastal sustainability.

The Investment Strategy When Having a Breach of Tender Offer: A Case Study of Taiwan's Online Game Companies

Having robust investment in the financial market has been the objective of many investors. However, as the financialmarkets in developing countries are not well established, the first-ever settlement default in tender offer happened inTaiwan securities market in August 2016. The Japanese company, Bai Chi Gan Tou, failed to pay for the acquisition.This study uses the contrary investment strategy suggested by Kestner (2003) to analyze 1150 daily trading data ofXPEC Entertainment, a major online game company in Taiwan, during the period 1 January 2012 to 1 September2016. Based on the program trading simulation of 100-day mean reversion trading performance after price diversionand fourteen online game companies as the investment portfolio, the trading profit is $86, showing an increase of10.92%, and exceeds the stock market index by 4.85%.This study further tests the Granger causality, chooses the bellwether stock, X-Legend Entertainment, and uses thetechnical analysis to examine the mean reversion after price diversion based on program trading. The optimalcoefficient from the first stage is extended and used in the second stage to obtain trading profits of $905.59, anincrease of 115.03%. The resulting performance is better than that based on Kestner’s (2003) trading strategy.Therefore, the empirical evidence suggests that latter approach can help make stable profits in the versatile onlinegame stock markets and that the Taiwan online game stock market does not fulfill an efficient market condition. Inconclusion, this study finds evidence supporting our hypothesis that the information of bellwether stock and pricemean reversion characteristic can be used to enhance trading performance in the stock market.

Judicial independence and state-business relations: the case of Taiwan’s ordinary courts

ABSTRACTThe question of how ordinary courts in new and emerging democracies may gain judicial independence remains an understudied subject compared to its constitutional court counterpart. Through a case study of Taiwan, this article adopts and expands upon the concept of power diffusion from the extant literature, arguing that the growing power of Taiwan’s private corporate sector led the dominant political party Kuomintang (KMT) to grant independence to the ordinary courts as a means to check against this threat, because the excessive rent-seeking and corruption brought about by these empowered corporations were threatening the nation’s successful economic model and its rule of law. Also, due to the corporate sector’s growing influence on the ruling party itself, the KMT leadership had to devise strategies that can credibly commit to ordinary court independence, which would otherwise be reversed thereafter. This unique implication guides a qualitative empirical analysis that reinterprets the historical events surrounding the judicial reforms that took place in the mid-1990s. The results yield strong evidence in support of the theory.

Enhancing river patrol team management through stakeholder discussion facilitated by World Café methodology – A case study in Taiwan

This study explored the outcomes of using the World Café method for promoting discussion among stakeholders on strategies for managing river patrol teams. The discussion topics included (1) strategies for integrating the resources of river patrol teams, (2) designing activities for stimulating river patrol team synergy, and (3) promoting strategies for pollution reporting. Twenty-three participants were categorized into three stakeholder groups, namely officials from environmental protection authorities, contractors' personnel responsible for managing the river patrol teams, and river patrol team members. The meeting offered participants the opportunity to express their opinions and concerns about the management strategy of river patrol teams in Taiwan. Through statistical analysis of the frequency and duration of opinion sharing of the participants, the average number of the statements proposed by participating officials, contractors' personnel, and river patrol team member were 4.1, 2.0, and 2.8, respectively, and the ratios of opinion sharing duration to the total discussion time for the discussed topics (mean ± standard deviation) were 27.2 ± 17.1%, 13.1 ± 10.8%, and 18.5 ± 10.1%, respectively. The statement number and opinion-sharing time ratio were analyzed using Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA, and the results showed that the opinion-sharing by the river patrol team members were not significantly different from those of the other two stakeholder groups. In addition, the opinion-sharing by officials was more favorable than that of the contractors' personnel, reflecting the general characteristics of the traditional top-down river patrol team management strategy. The results from the discussion on these three topics were summarized as follows: (1) the river patrol teams should be encouraged and assisted to integrate diverse public and private sector resources and to seek support from non-profit organizations and environmentally friendly enterprises; (2) the activities for river patrol team management should be designed according to the composition and characteristics of the team members of interest, and education and training curricula should be diversified and lively with practical exercises and constructive discussion; and (3) most people are used to reporting environmental problems to local officials or organization leaders, indicating that local environmental protection bureaus should collaborate with river patrol team leaders and community heads to gain an in-depth understanding of the characteristics of local environmental pollution. The results from this study showed that the World Café meeting facilitated diverse communication, which enabled the participants to interact with one another effectively, and to engage their own creativity and perspectives on forming solutions and strategies for the discussed topics.

An integrated system of engaging social workers and community volunteers in social care for the elderly: case studies in Taiwan

Integrating volunteers into social care is widely expected but rarely successful in practice. This paper discusses how the Community Care Centre Plan organising community volunteers to provide services to the elderly in Taiwan. This plan successfully integrated social workers and volunteers in a national system to offer service in local communities, showing a systemic practice of community care and a unique case of community-based and volunteer-based service. The purposes of this paper are to introduce the programme design and to understand how to integrate the mission of social workers and volunteers’ performance. The governmental policy and requirements, the role of social workers and the provision of voluntary community service which contributed to form the system were examined in this paper.

Estimating direct and indirect rebound effects by supply-driven input-output model: A case study of Taiwan's industry

Most existing literature focuses on the direct rebound effect on the demand side for consumers. This study analyses direct and indirect rebound effects in Taiwan's industry from the perspective of producers. However, most studies on the producers' viewpoint may overlook inter-industry linkages. This study applies a supply-driven input-output model to quantify the magnitude of rebound effects by explicitly considering inter-industry linkages.Empirical results showed that total rebound effects for most Taiwan's sectors were less than 10% in 2011. A comparison among the sectors yields that sectors with lower energy efficiency had higher direct rebound effects, while sectors with higher forward linkages generated higher indirect rebound effects. Taking the Mining sector (S3) as an example, which is an upstream supplier and has high forward linkages; it showed high indirect rebound effects that are derived from the accumulation of additional energy consumption by its downstream producers.The findings also showed that in almost all sectors, indirect rebound effects were higher than direct rebound effects. In other words, if indirect rebound effects are neglected, the total rebound effects will be underestimated. Hence, the energy-saving potential may be overestimated.

An agent-based model for an air emissions cap and trade program: A case study in Taiwan

To determine the actual status of individuals in a system and the trading interaction between polluters, this study uses an agent-based model to set up a virtual world that represents the Kaohsiung and Pingtung regions in Taiwan, which are under the country's air emissions cap and trade program. The model can simulate each controlled industry's dynamic behavioral condition with the bottom-up method and can investigate the impact of the program and determine the industry's emissions reduction and trading condition. This model can be used elastically to predict the impact of the trading market through adjusting different settings of the program rules or combining the settings with other measures.The simulation results show that the emissions trading market has an oversupply, but we find that the market trading amounts are low. Additionally, we find that increasing the air pollution fee and offset rate restrains the agents' trading decision, according to the simulation results of each scenario. In particular, NOx and SOx trading amounts are easily impacted by the pollution fee, reduction rate, and offset rate. Also, the more transparent the market, the more it can help polluters trade. Therefore, if authorities want to intervene in the emissions trading market, they must be careful in adjusting the air pollution fee and program rules; otherwise, the trading market system cannot work effectively. We also suggest setting up a trading platform to help the dealers negotiate successfully.

The Relationship Between Political Trust and Participation in the National Pension Program: A Case Study of Taiwan

ABSTRACTDrawing on Hetherington's idea about political trust and Ajzen's theory of planned behavior, this study investigates Taiwanese people's intention to participate in the national pension program. Questionnaire surveys are collected from 254 part-time workers as they are qualified to join the program. The main results confirm that political trust, attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control have significant effects on the respondents' intention to participate in the national pension program. Very few studies have looked at the role of political trust and theory of planned behavior constructs in the national pension program. This study may contribute to the relevant literature by discussing these issues, while future empirical research needs to be conducted to improve the generalizability of the results.

Hazardous Materials Transportation with Multiple Objectives: A Case Study in Taiwan

Hazardous material (hazmat) transportation has been an important issue for handling hazardous materials, such as gases and chemical liquids. In the past, researchers have made great efforts to develop policies and route planning methods for hazmat transportation problems. In 2014, Kaohsiung City in Taiwan suffered a gas pipeline explosion at midnight; 32 people were killed, and hundreds of people were injured. After the incident, policies and routing strategies for hazardous materials (hazmat) transportation in Kaohsiung were initiated to avoid pipeline transportation. Although methodologies for hazmat transportation have been proposed and implemented to minimize potential risks, multiple objectives need to be considered in the process to facilitate hazmat transportation in Taiwan. In order to consider both government and operators’ aspects, a multi-objective formulation for the hazmat problem is proposed and a compromise programming method is applied to solve the problem with two objectives: travel cost and risk. The path risk is defined based on risk assessment indexes, such as road characteristics, population distribution, link length, hazardous material characteristics, and accident rates. An aggregate risk indicator is proposed for roadway segments. The compromise programming approach is developed from the concept of compromise decision and the main idea is to search the compromise solution closest to the ideal solution. The proposed method is applied to Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. The results show that two conflicting objectives keep making trade-offs between each other until they finally reach a compromise solution.

Green and sustainable remediation (GSR) evaluation: framework, standards, and tool. A case study in Taiwan.

Taiwan has a large number of poorly managed contaminated sites in need of remediation. This study proposes a framework, a set of standards, and a spreadsheet-based evaluation tool for implementing green and sustainable principles into remediation projects and evaluating the projects from this perspective. We performed a case study to understand how the framework would be applied. For the case study, we used a spreadsheet-based evaluation tool (SEFA) and performed field scale cultivation tests on a site contaminated with total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs). The site was divided into two lots: one treated by chemical oxidation and the other by bioremediation. We evaluated five core elements of green and sustainable remediation (GSR): energy, air, water resources, materials and wastes, and land and ecosystem. The proposed evaluation tool and field scale cultivation test were found to efficiently assess the effectiveness of the two remediation alternatives. The framework and related tools proposed herein can potentially be used to support decisions about the remediation of contaminated sites taking into account engineering management, cost effectiveness, and social reconciliation.

Investigating the effects of structured and guided inquiry on students’ development of conceptual knowledge and inquiry abilities: a case study in Taiwan

ABSTRACTIn order to promote scientific inquiry in secondary schooling in Taiwan, the study developed a computer-based inquiry curriculum (including structured and guided inquiry units) and investigated how the curriculum influenced students’ science learning. The curriculum was implemented in 5 junior secondary schools in the context of a weeklong summer science course with 117 students. We first used a multi-level assessment approach to evaluate the students’ learning outcomes with the curriculum. Then, a path analysis approach was adopted for investigating at different assessment levels how the curriculum as a whole and how different types of inquiry units affected the students’ development of conceptual understandings and inquiry abilities. The results showed that the curriculum was effective in enhancing the students’ conceptual knowledge and inquiry abilities in the contexts of the six scientific topics. After the curriculum, they were able to construct interconnected scientific knowledge. The path diagrams suggested that, due to different instructional designs, the structured and guided inquiry units appeared to support the students’ learning of the topics in different ways. More importantly, they demonstrated graphically how the learning of content knowledge and inquiry ability mutually influenced one another and were reciprocally developed in a computer-based inquiry learning environment.

Variability of levee failure mechanisms subject to heavy rainfalls, case studies in Taiwan

ABSTRACTIn this study, the failure mechanisms for Chiuliao 1st Levee and Gueishan Levee in Taiwan were re-examined comprehensively considering the uncertainty of different parameters. Results have shown that for Chiuliao 1st Levee, the slope sliding failure has a higher coefficient of variation (COV). For Gueishan Levee, retaining wall sliding and overturning failure have higher values of COV instead. It can also be found that the scouring depths affect the stability of the levee significantly, therefore, a protecting system for the backfill material may be necessary to increase the stability of the levee effectively.

Potential of greenhouse gas emissions from sewage sludge management: a case study of Taiwan

Sludge management is a critical part for reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from wastewater treatment plants. Five sewage sludge management scenarios were conducted in this study: landfilling, incineration, reuse in bricks, reuse in cement, and reuse as fertilizers. The GHG emissions inventory for these scenarios, including both on-site (direct carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions) and off-site sources (electricity, fuel and chemical usages), were developed. Annual GHG emission from sewage sludge management at Taiwan's wastewater treatment plants was c.a. 21 × 106 kg CO2-eq/yr. In terms of dehydration of sewage sludge, dewatering emits the lowest amount of GHGs, followed by drying with flue gas and direct heating. Manufacturing bricks is recommended among the three reusing scenarios with regards to GHG mitigations. Sludge incineration produced the largest GHG emissions (223,020 kg CO2-eq/tonne) in this study. Using fertilizers with nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients are mainly contributed to carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions, respectively. The approach developed in this study for sewage sludge management should be applicable to other wastewater treatment plants and it should be helpful for reduction of GHG emissions and for development of sludge-to-energy alternatives.