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Lola Geraldes Xavier – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
This text critically examines traditional methodologies for teaching grammar in the context of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (PFL). It proposes an alternative, eclectic approach, which can be used in any foreign language. Drawing on evidence from research and pedagogical practices, it highlights areas for improvement in current approaches, such…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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James A. Middleton – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
An extended (and probably unnecessary) parallel is drawn between engagement in mathematics and engagement in musical performance. Key facets of engagement are described and a model of how mathematics engagement plays out in task-level activities is discussed in light of new findings related to its social and emotional facets. Implications for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Learning Processes, Music, Learner Engagement
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Suh, Jihyun; Bugg, Julie M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Existing approaches in the literature on cognitive control in conflict tasks almost exclusively target the outcome of control (by comparing mean congruency effects) and not the processes that shape control. These approaches are limited in addressing a current theoretical issue--what contribution does learning make to adjustments in cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Conflict, Learning Processes
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Egbert, Joy L.; Shahrokni, Seyed Abdollah; Zhang, Xue; Abobaker, Reima; Bantawtook, Pruksapan; He, Haixia; Bekar, Mira; Roe, Mary F.; Huh, Keun – TESL-EJ, 2021
Recent research points to the need for a specific research focus on language task engagement because task engagement can lead to increased motivation, persistence, satisfaction, and learner achievement (Early, Rogge, & Deci, 2014; Henri, Halverson, & Graham, 2015; Reeve & Lee, 2014); a major gap in the research in this area is the lack…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Shute, Valerie J. – ETS Research Report Series, 2007
This paper reviews the corpus of research on feedback, with a particular focus on formative feedback--defined as information communicated to the learner that is intended to modify the learner's thinking or behavior for the purpose of improving learning. According to researchers in the area, formative feedback should be multidimensional,…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Learning Processes, Instructional Effectiveness
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Catanzaro, Diane – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Describes how the job characteristics model (J. R. Hackman), used by industrial-organizational psychologists to enhance the motivating potential of jobs in industry, can be applied to increase student motivation. The job characteristics model describes the relationship between the core characteristics of skill variety, task identity, task…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education
Hansen, Duncan N. – 1969
An input output model for individualizing learning in computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is analyzed, specifying a stimulus array, cognitive processes, and response requirements. These three components are discussed as keys to both instructional and curricular development processes; the appropriate use and control of instructional strategies are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Branching, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction