The Use of WebQuest to Enhance English-Chinese Bilingual Education: A Case Study in a Course in Computer Science Overview

WebQuest, an inquiry-oriented online learning tool, allows students to collect and acquire new knowledge from Web-based resources and to develop their critical thinking skills. This paper reports an exploratory case-study, investigating the effectiveness of WebQuest for the enhancement of English-Ch...

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Published in2009 International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Shaojing Fan, Jiatao Song, Yongping Zhang, Zhongkun He
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.12.2009
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Computer science
Computer science education
Educational institutions
Educational programs
Educational technology
Helium
Information analysis
Knowledge engineering
Laboratories
Web sites
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Summary:WebQuest, an inquiry-oriented online learning tool, allows students to collect and acquire new knowledge from Web-based resources and to develop their critical thinking skills. This paper reports an exploratory case-study, investigating the effectiveness of WebQuest for the enhancement of English-Chinese bilingual college education. The results show that WebQuest can promote English learning environment and arouse learners' learning interest, thus is effective for the bilingual teaching.
DOI:10.1109/CISE.2009.5366749