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Syntactic Complexity in Individual, Collaborative and E-Collaborative EFL Writing: Mediating Role of Writing Modality, L1 and Sustained Development in Focus
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Mohamadi Zenouzagh, Zohre – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
This study investigates the potential of individual, collaborative, and E-collaborative writing modalities on the development of syntactic complexity (SC), their sustained effect on SC development, and the potential meditating role of SC of L1 (First Language) in SC of L2 (Second Language). To this end, 90 Iranian intermediate EFL learners…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pretests Posttests
Computer-Aided Argument Mapping in an EFL Setting: Does Technology Precede Traditional Paper and Pencil Approach in Developing Critical Thinking?
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Eftekhari, Maryam; Sotoudehnama, Elaheh; Marandi, S. Susan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
Developing higher-order critical thinking skills as one of the central objectives of education has been recently facilitated via software packages. Whereas one such technology as computer-aided argument mapping is reported to enhance levels of critical thinking (van Gelder 2001), its application as a pedagogical tool in English as a Foreign…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language)