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Jiaxin Cui; Li Wang; Dawei Li; Xinlin Zhou – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Background: When mathematical knowledge is expressed in general language, it is called verbalized mathematics. Previous studies on verbalized mathematics typically paid attention to mathematical vocabulary or educational practice. However, these studies did not exclude the role of symbolic mathematics ability, and almost no research has focused on…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Verbal Development, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement
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McDonough, Kim; Fuentes, César García – TESL Canada Journal, 2015
This classroom study examines whether English L2 writers' language use differs depending on the writing task (operationalized as paragraph type), and task conditions (operationalized as individual or collaborative writing). The texts written by English L2 university students in Colombia (N = 26) in response to problem/solution and cause/effect…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Instruction, Language Usage
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Genç, Gülten; Kulusakh, Emine; Aydin, Savas – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2016
Emotional intelligence has recently attracted educators' attention around the world. Educators who try to investigate the factors in language learning achievement have decided to pave the way to success through emotional intelligence. The relationship between emotional intelligence and language learning is the major concern of this study. The…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Language Skills, Correlation, Second Language Learning
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Castro, Erin L.; Cortez, Edén – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
This qualitative study examines the experiences of six Mexican community college transfer students attending a research-intensive institution in the Pacific Northwest. Using semi-structured interviews, the objectives of this study were to 1) understand how Mexican students made meaning of their transfer experiences and 2) how those experiences…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Mexican Americans, College Transfer Students, Two Year College Students
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Leier, Vera; Cunningham, Una – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Student and teacher activity in a closed Facebook group for a tertiary German class was observed during a 12-week teaching semester. This was complemented by questionnaires, semi-structured interviews with students, and teacher reflections in a researcher journal. Collected data were analysed using an inductive thematic analysis followed by a…
Descriptors: Social Media, German, Second Language Instruction, Educational Technology
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Hassaskhah, Jaleh; Asli, Shohreh Rahimizadeh – Cogent Education, 2015
This study introduces photomontage as a task to facilitate talking in English as a Foreign Language classrooms. Thirty-three undergraduate English major students studying at the University of Guilan were assigned to design a composite photographic image by combining images from separate photographic sources, and use it as the stimulus to initiate…
Descriptors: Photography, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Deed, Craig; Edwards, Anthony; Gomez, Viviana – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015
This paper defines the metaphor of outsideness in relation to web-based interaction. Outsideness is conceived of as a key influence in online academic conversation. In particular, through the sharing of cultural perspectives, asking questions to resolve doubt, and collaborative writing and re-writing as a basis for shaping ideas through reasoning.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Influences, Cultural Influences, Interpersonal Competence
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Ashavskaya, Ekaterina – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
Recently, a number of studies have examined the lived experiences of the international teaching assistants (ITAs) in the U.S. classrooms. The findings show that the ITAs face many challenges such as classroom management, instructional, linguistic, cultural and social challenges. Following this line of research, this interview-based study examined…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Foreign Students, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences
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Lin, Lu-Fang – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2014
This study surveyed the problems 213 university students confronted while viewing an online video-based English program. Data were collected through self-reports and one-to-one interviews. The content analysis approach was used. Totally, 18 problems were identified and categorized into three cognitive-processing stages: perception, parsing, and…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Online Courses, English (Second Language)
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Mroz, Maria A. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
This paper considers how pre-service primary teachers in England (trainees) are supported to work with children with special educational needs (SEN) using a personalized learning task. The focus, in particular, considers how speech, language and communication skills are foregrounded in the reports describing children with moderate learning…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Special Needs Students, Disabilities
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Bensen, Hanife; Silman, Fatos – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Problem Statement: Curriculum development involves the process of planning, setting up and running courses. The knowledge about designing syllabi, making choices of content and materials and assessing student performances plays an important role in curriculum development. Syllabus design is one aspect of curriculum development. It covers the kind…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development
Mayne, Hope Antoinette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The study explored teaching and teacher education in the postcolonial context, Jamaica, based on arguments that Jamaica's education system and teacher training is constructed on its colonial past and the heavy reliance on knowledge from the West. It provided a rich description of the shared teaching experiences of teacher educators in Jamaica,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience, Teacher Educators, Teacher Educator Education
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education