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Tavarez Da Costa, Pedro; Reyes Arias, Fransheska – Online Submission, 2021
English spelling has always been described by many language researchers and teachers as a daunting task especially for learners whose first language is not English. This monograph presents the report of an investigation on the use of spelling, which includes the determining factor of grammar in the teaching of English, in it we will develop a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Spelling, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Beckford, Tracy-Ann K. N. – Online Submission, 2021
The purpose of this study was to assess the experiences of 1st-year college composition writing students in a synchronous online remote learning environment. The researcher, through this qualitative study, used a case study design to examine the quality of the learning experiences of the participants. A total of 14 participants in a teacher…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
Vinay, Aparna – Online Submission, 2019
The present study is an action research in the field of education. The aim of the study was to see if immediate transfer of feedback and reinforcement can help to improve students' academic performance and help in the understanding and incorporation of feedback. The study was done on a sample of 15 psychology students of an international School in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Research, Feedback (Response), Transfer of Training
Simanjuntak, Faido – Online Submission, 2019
This study is a descriptive-qualitative study with an embedded-case study research design. The purpose of the study is to describe the quality of the translation on the accuracy in content, acceptability, and readability of translated text of English Idioms Errors Made by Jordanian EFL, Undergraduate Students abstract. The data of the research is…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Translation
Tejada Reyes, Venecia – Online Submission, 2019
The following work tries to analyze the possible fossilization errors of the students when acquiring a second foreign language. For this purpose, two languages have been chosen: maternal (Spanish) and foreign (English). In the present work we have examined the effects of the Spanish language and the English language when learning another language…
Descriptors: High School Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Bulunuz, Nermin; Bulunuz, Mizrap; Karagoz, Funda; Tavsanli, Omer Faruk – Online Submission, 2016
The present study has two aims. Firstly, it aims to determine eighth grade students' conceptual understanding of floating and sinking through formative assessment probes. Secondly, it aims to determine whether or not there is a significant difference between students' performance in formative assessment probes and their achievement in the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, Standardized Tests, Science Tests
Liu, Qin – Online Submission, 2009
This paper intends to construct a survey data quality strategy for institutional researchers in higher education in light of total survey error theory. It starts with describing the characteristics of institutional research and identifying the gaps in literature regarding survey data quality issues in institutional research. Then it is followed by…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Quality Control, Researchers
Palmer, W. P. – Online Submission, 1986
The chemical content knowledge of secondary science teachers is seldom measured directly in developed countries as there are practical, ethical and political problems involved that would be likely to be insuperable. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), the author assisted in some of the work involved in the second IEA Science Study (SISS), where the PNG…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Item Analysis, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers