The population of Manitoba classrooms has expanded to include a wide range of diverse learners. While this diversity brings with it opportunities for educators, it can also pose significant challenges. Several key components of professional practice enable teachers to promote and implement a fully inclusive classroom environment. An educator's…

The main purpose of this article is to present a Differential Item Functioning method of item analysis. It is designed to minimize the discriminatory effect of individual items in the accreditation of graduates of medical universities with different training programs. The one-parameter Item Response Theory model is used to align graduates' rights…

This article presents a series of activities that are informed by research on conversation analysis and used for increasing the EFL [English as a Foreign Language] learners' awareness of interactional mechanisms of English language. The activity series consists of (1) lecture (e.g., turn taking, sequence and preference organization, repair), (2)…

Although group dynamic assessment (GDA) has been gaining attention over the recent decade, its applicability in online context has been left rather underexplored. Hence, the current study examined the effects of GDA on developing EFL learners' written grammatical accuracy in the online context of 'Telegram'. To this aim, 60 Iranian EFL students…

This paper examines Turkish English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' beliefs and practices regarding the amount, timing and types of oral corrective feedback (OCF) preferences. Eight instructors working in the English preparatory programme of a state university were included in the study. The data were collected through a questionnaire,…

This study investigated how student autonomy in physical education can be enhanced without producing adverse effects. A sample of 150 students from Dutch preparatory vocational education was divided into four groups subjected to different levels of autonomy during a physical education lesson. The autonomy conditions varied from teacher-led lessons…

Throughout the teaching/learning process of speaking, a teacher's role is believed to hold great importance. Teachers initiate learners to the whole learning process, and their feedback constitutes the significant step forward that triggers learners towards enunciating a language. As an illustration, Swain (1985, 2000) uses empirical evidence to…

Training in laboratory competency is an important part of biomedical student skill acquisition in preparation for both the workplace and accreditation. Virtual laboratory simulations are currently used in core modules at University of Westminster to prepare biomedical science students for laboratory sessions. These simulations are used for…

This research is to measure the effect of focused and unfocused feedback on second language (L2) learners' writing accuracy with involving gender and learners' cultural background factors. The study applied a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. The participants were 128 learners at IAIN Palangka Raya, Indonesia. During the learning…

This paper addresses Finnish students' perceptions of assessment practices in upper secondary schools. We study the students' experiences of assessment and how they assess their ability to use and understand feedback from teachers. The data were gathered on a web-based questionnaire administered to 918 students in four upper secondary schools. The…

The small-scale research study reported in this paper aimed to explore the ways in which mentors in primary school settings approach the assessment of trainee teachers within the English Initial Teacher Education system. Consistency and accuracy of assessment is judged by Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education) as a key indicator of quality,…

Open and Distance Learning (ODL) plays an important role in providing education to the students of rural and remote areas. In ODL, learning feedback and assessment process of learners requires time and cost using classical communication techniques. Emerging technologies like Mobile Assessment (M-Assessment) has gained momentum because of its…

In this article, the author introduces the notion of the balloon metaphor, an exercise she created for preservice writing teachers, in which they reflect upon their writing mentors and their writing journey. The author also discusses three very important issues facing the field of literacy today: teachers are not taught to write, teachers of…

Since the publication of the Dearing Report in 1997, the UK Government has consistently promoted social mobility and fairness as part of its rhetoric. Yet as Brooks and others have pointed out, compared with other groups of 'non-traditional' students, student mothers and part-time students with jobs have been given limited consideration, both in…

This study assessed whether olfactory familiarization can render food odors more pleasant, and consequently food more attractive, to children with autism spectrum disorder. Participants were first presented with a series of food odors (session 1). Then, they were familiarized on four occasions (time window: 5 weeks) with one of the two most…