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Visual Design as a Holistic Experience: How Students' Emotional Responses to the Visual Design of Instructional Materials Are Formed
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Tomita, Kei – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
Despite the recognized importance of emotion in learning (Kim and Pekrun in Handbook of research on educational communications and technology, 4th ed., Springer, pp. 65-75, 2014), instructional material design research primarily focuses on cognition, tending to ignore the affective dimension (Brom et al. in Educ Res Rev 25:100-119, 2018). To…
Descriptors: Design, Emotional Response, Learning Processes, Material Development
A Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling Exploration of EFL Learners' Perceptions of What Contributes to the Readability of Model Paragraphs
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Tuyen Thanh Nguyen; John R. Baker; Thao Quang Le – SAGE Open, 2024
This study investigated what features undergraduate EFL learners perceive as affecting the difficulty of model paragraphs. Four hundred and seventy-five Vietnamese undergraduates participated in a partial least squares structural equation model design. They ranked five paragraphs from easiest to most difficult and responded to a 10-point Likert…
Descriptors: Readability, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
L1 Domain-Specific Knowledge as Predictor of Reading Comprehension in L2 Domain-Specific Texts: The Case of ELT Student Teachers
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Darabi Bazvand, Ali – Cogent Education, 2019
The present study examined the effect of L1 domain-relevant knowledge on L2 reading comprehension texts among student teachers of ELT (N = 90), drawn from a population of 270 student teachers studying at an undergraduate program in some state universities in Iran. A proficiency test was applied to control language proficiency of students. Among…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Understanding Pedagogical Design Capacity through Teachers' Narratives
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Davis, Elizabeth A.; Beyer, Carrie; Forbes, Cory T.; Stevens, Shawn – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
Teachers need to develop the ability to adapt curriculum materials. Two elementary teachers, Maggie and Catie, were asked to write narratives about their use of and changes to particular reform-oriented science lesson plans. Maggie drew on her knowledge of and experiences with students, as well as other knowledge, experiences, and resources, to…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Educational Change, Lesson Plans, Instructional Design