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Al-Murtadha, Mutahar – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2019
Willingness to communicate (WTC) research has focused mostly on identifying factors that influence second language (L2) WTC in ESL contexts. This study differs by examining the effects of a 6-week treatment aimed at enhancing WTC in a group of 206 Yemeni rural high school EFL learners. Classes were randomly assigned to a control group (n = 102) or…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Goal Orientation
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Akar, Sacide Guzin Mazman; Altun, Arif – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2017
The purpose of this study is to investigate and conceptualize the ranks of importance of social cognitive variables on university students' computer programming performances. Spatial ability, working memory, self-efficacy, gender, prior knowledge and the universities students attend were taken as variables to be analyzed. The study has been…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Learning Processes, Programming, Self Efficacy
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Palethorpe, Rob; Wilson, John P. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2011
Purpose: This study aims to highlight the value of stressful and challenging environments as a strategy to enhance learning and to provide an inventory of strategies for use in cases where participants experience anxiety-related blockages to learning. Design/methodology/approach: This article adopted a qualitative research strategy which consisted…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Trainers, Guidelines, Anxiety