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Javad Zare; Khadijeh Aqajani Delavar – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The purpose of the present mixed methods study was to investigate if enhancing Focus on Form (FonF) tasks with data-driven learning (DDL) affects English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' task motivation from the self-determination theory (SDT) perspective. Following a quasi-experimental comparison group pretest-posttest and sequential…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Instructional Materials, Data Use
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Hung, Shao-Ting Alan; Huang, Heng-Tsung Danny – Language Testing in Asia, 2019
Washback refers to the influence of tests on learning and teaching. To date, a number of studies have revealed that tests affect teaching content, course design, and classroom practices. However, in Asian higher education contexts, little research has examined the washback of proficiency tests on English learning in comparison with the efforts on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests
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Shadiev, Rustam; Huang, Yueh-Min; Hwang, Jan-Pan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
In this study, the effectiveness of the application of speech-to-text recognition (STR) technology on enhancing learning and concentration in a calm state of mind, hereafter referred to as meditation (An intentional and self-regulated focusing of attention in order to relax and calm the mind), was investigated. This effectiveness was further…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Learning, Attention, Metacognition
Olshtain, Elite – 1978
This paper presents a number of hypotheses concerned with individual learning strategies based on a pre-experimental, observational case study. Three children (two seven-year-olds and one eleven-year-old) native speakers of Hebrew were the subjects of the study. The language data collected from them consisted of spontaneous speech about their…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Hebrew
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers