Dennis Beng Kiat Kwek
Biographic Data
| ID | 6509132 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dennis Beng Kiat Kwek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dennis Beng Kiat |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwek |
| SIGNATURE | KWEK D B K |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6699-7240 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Enhancing bilingual learners’ Chinese learning
This study examined the relationships between home support (Chinese use at home, homework support, and tuition duration), motivational beliefs (self-efficacy, interest, and task importance), learning behaviors (classroom engagement, effort regulation, and effort withdrawal), and Chinese achievement in 1410 Singaporean Grade Five (aged 11) students learning Chinese as a second language. Gender differences were also examined. Path analysis revealed…
Home-based learning during school closure in Singapore
Inquiry-based learning in music
Many scholars have advocated the addition of more intellectual activities in music classrooms, the most prominent being critical thinking through inquiry. Inquiry-based learning (IBL) has been recognized as necessary for teaching and learning that increases critical thinking skills and dispositions. This study describes an extensive list of indicators that could ascertain the pedagogical practices and intellectual quality of knowledge work indica…
Technical skills vs meaning-making
Responsive education in times of crisis
Policy and pedagogical reforms in Singapore
The rapid and arguably remarkable transformation of Singapore from a British colony and trading port, subjected to the ordeals of the World War II in the Pacific and the Japanese Occupation from 19
Changing Assessments and the Examination Culture in Singapore
Assessment in education occurs for different purposes – formative, summative, diagnostic, and each with different focus on educational process, education outcomes, and developmental reasons. Researchers in Singapore have documented the existence of tensions between the entrenched high-stakes examinations and attempts to introduce new modes of assessments such as Assessment for Learning practices, partly because policy attempts to change assessmen…
Decolonizing and Re-Presenting Culture’s Consequences
W ith businesses steadily increasing their international exposure and interaction, the past decade has seen an unparalleled interest in the cross-cultural aspects of management. Multinational and transnational firms are rapidly becoming the norm, bringing to the forefront a myriad of organizational and management issues ranging from international human-resource management practices to governance and control, from multinational organizational stru…
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Decolonizing and Re-Presenting Culture’s Consequences
W ith businesses steadily increasing their international exposure and interaction, the past decade has seen an unparalleled interest in the cross-cultural aspects of management. Multinational and transnational firms are rapidly becoming the norm, bringing to the forefront a myriad of organizational and management issues ranging from international human-resource management practices to governance and control, from multinational organizational stru…
Policy and pedagogical reforms in Singapore
The rapid and arguably remarkable transformation of Singapore from a British colony and trading port, subjected to the ordeals of the World War II in the Pacific and the Japanese Occupation from 19
Changing Assessments and the Examination Culture in Singapore
Assessment in education occurs for different purposes – formative, summative, diagnostic, and each with different focus on educational process, education outcomes, and developmental reasons. Researchers in Singapore have documented the existence of tensions between the entrenched high-stakes examinations and attempts to introduce new modes of assessments such as Assessment for Learning practices, partly because policy attempts to change assessmen…
Responsive education in times of crisis
Home-based learning during school closure in Singapore
Inquiry-based learning in music
Many scholars have advocated the addition of more intellectual activities in music classrooms, the most prominent being critical thinking through inquiry. Inquiry-based learning (IBL) has been recognized as necessary for teaching and learning that increases critical thinking skills and dispositions. This study describes an extensive list of indicators that could ascertain the pedagogical practices and intellectual quality of knowledge work indica…
Technical skills vs meaning-making
Enhancing bilingual learners’ Chinese learning
This study examined the relationships between home support (Chinese use at home, homework support, and tuition duration), motivational beliefs (self-efficacy, interest, and task importance), learning behaviors (classroom engagement, effort regulation, and effort withdrawal), and Chinese achievement in 1410 Singaporean Grade Five (aged 11) students learning Chinese as a second language. Gender differences were also examined. Path analysis revealed…
Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)