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Ghahari, Shima; Farokhnia, Farzaneh – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2018
Literature on the learning benefits and interpersonal mechanisms of peer assessment (PA) and teacher assessment (TA) has been inconsistent. As part of a large-scale study, the research reported here has addressed the effect of formative PA on language grammar uptake and complexity, accuracy, and fluency triad scale levels, in comparison both to TA…
Descriptors: Reflection, Formative Evaluation, Peer Evaluation, Grammar
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Ghonsooly, Behzad; Hassanzadeh, Tahereh; Samavarchi, Laila; Hamedi, Seyyedeh Mina – Issues in Educational Research, 2017
This study used a mixed-methods approach to investigate Iranian EFL learners' attitudes towards demotivating factors which may hinder their success in a language learning course. In the quantitative phase, a sample of 337 undergraduate students from universities in Mashhad, Yazd and Gonabad completed a 34-item questionnaire. They also completed…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Factor Analysis, Semi Structured Interviews, English (Second Language)
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Safari, Parvin – Policy Futures in Education, 2017
In the field of English Language Teaching (ELT), attention has been shifted toward the alternative role of teachers as transformative intellectuals whereby transformation in teaching occurs from control and technical operations to criticism and intellectual reflection. This role enables teachers to focus on marginalized students' lived experiences…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Role
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Dadvand, Babak – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Due to the significance of beliefs in giving direction to the activities of educators, the present study examined the beliefs of 12 Iranian pre-service teachers about democratic education. Overall, the findings of focus group discussion and semi-structured interviews pointed to a technicist and often an apolitical view of teaching held by most of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Democratic Values, Semi Structured Interviews
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Sa'd, Seyyed Hatam Tamimi; Qadermazi, Zohre – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2015
This study examines the role of the use of the L1 in EFL classes from the perspective of EFL learners. The triangulated data were collected using class observations, focus group semi-structured interviews and the learners' written reports of their perceptions and attitudes in a purpose-designed questionnaire. The participants consisted of sixty…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mosalanejad, Leili; Dehghani, Ali; Abdolahifard, Khadije – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
Cyber ethics is the philosophical study of ethics pertaining to computer networks encompassing users' behavior, what networked computers are programmed to do, and how this affects the individuals and the society. This study aimed to investigate the students' experiences of ethics in cyber systems.In the present study, the researchers conducted…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Ethics, Online Systems, Phenomenology