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Direct linkXiaoshu Xu; Wilson Cheong Hin Hong; Yunfeng Zhang; Haiyan Jiang; Jia Liu – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2024
This study designed and pilot-tested a learning path in Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) to facilitate learners' Self-regulated Learning. 122 postgraduates who joined an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) course at a comprehensive university in China were evenly divided into two groups. The experimental group used PLEs with…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Self Management, Learning Strategies, Graduate Students
Xu, Xiaoshu; Zhu, Xiaoshen; Chan, Fai Man – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Personal Learning Environment (PLE) represents a shift of learning paradigm towards learner-centered pedagogy, where users become masters of their own learning. PLEs are best used by learners with Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) abilities. Previous research showed that learners felt lost or socially isolated in PLEs due to their limited SRL…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Individualized Instruction, Pilot Projects, College Students
Shadiev, Rustam; Wang, Xueying; Liu, Taoying; Yang, Mengke – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Fifty-one learning strategies were developed and validated in this study to make language learners more knowledgeable about unfamiliar environments. The study tested the effectiveness of the strategies in improving the creativity of students. 75 university students participated in the study and they were divided into three groups: (1) students who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, English (Second Language), Educational Environment
Xiaoyu Pei – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Language learning strategy (LLS) has been long considered as one of the most important variables impacting language performance. Learning context, as a major effect on LLS choices, has not been paid much attention compared to other individual variables in LLS research. For the purpose of highlighting contextual influence in LLS research, the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Learning Strategies
Download full textAli, Lubna Farhan; Zaki, Sajida – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2019
Though vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) have drawn continuous attention in SLA research in the past three decades, there remain many unanswered questions, many unknown caveats and many unexplored regions. Quite a few historical reviews of vocabulary learning strategies have been undertaken by researchers over the past years, tracing its growth…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Price, Linda; Richardson, John T. E.; Robinson, Bernadette; Ding, Xia; Sun, Xiaoling; Han, Cuiling – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2011
It has been claimed that students from "Confucian-heritage" cultures approach studying in higher education differently from Western students. This study investigated the experiences and the approaches to studying of students at a university in China. A total of 356 students completed both the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Teaching Methods, Study Habits
Zhang, Fengjuan; Liu, Yongbing – Language Teaching Research, 2014
This study examines the beliefs of Chinese junior high school English teachers about foreign language teaching and influencing contextual factors in a time when curriculum innovation is confronting deep-rooted cultural traditions and complex teaching realities. Drawing upon data collected by means of questionnaires and interviews, this study…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Li, Changyu; Li, Lijuan – International Education Studies, 2009
Through a questionnaire and a survey, the paper analyses the present College English teaching and the contributing factors for the ineffective College English teaching. Based on the analysis, the paper suggests four countermeasures to improve College English teaching quality. According to this paper, only when teachers and educational workers…
Descriptors: College English, English Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Questionnaires
Mitchell, Barry S.; Xu, Qin; Jin, Lixian; Patten, Debra; Gouldsborough, Ingrid – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2009
Cultural influences on anatomy teaching and learning have been investigated by application of a questionnaire to medical students in British and Chinese Medical Schools. Results from the responses from students of the two countries were analyzed. Both groups found it easier to understand anatomy in a clinical context, and in both countries,…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Curriculum Design, Student Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies
Gao, Xuesong – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2006
This paper reports a re-interpretation of the data from an inquiry exploring changes in 14 Chinese learners' uses of language learning strategies after they moved from mainland China to Britain. Using a socio-cultural theoretical framework, the analysis of the learners' experiential narratives lends tentative support to the postulation that the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Gao, Xuesong – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2008
This article reports on an interpretative inquiry into 14 tertiary vocational students' educational experiences on the Chinese mainland with a focus on their strategy use in learning English. Using sociocultural theory, the inquiry reveals the profound impact that the learning context had on the research participants' strategy use. The data reveal…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Social Mobility, Educational Environment, Educational Experience
Chick, Helen L., Ed.; Vincent, Jill L., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
This document contains the second volume of the proceedings of the 29th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference papers are centered around the theme of "Learners and Learning Environments." This volume features 43 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Adl…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Research Reports, Symbols (Mathematics)
