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Siyu Yu; Xiaoyue Zhang; Rong Tao; Wanyu Huang; Jiangsheng Chen; Xieyu Xiao – SAGE Open, 2025
This study explores the relationship between seating quadrants and student performance, including the role of classroom type in the quadrant effect. Data collected from 131 classes taught at 17 colleges of Northwest A&F University in China were analyzed using the ordinary least squares method. The results revealed that where a student sat in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Class Size, Large Group Instruction
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Manxia Dong; Boyu Wang – Language Testing in Asia, 2025
This study aimed to explore the relationship between students' understanding of the National Matriculation English Test (NMET) and their learning practices through standard multiple regression (SMR) and structural equation modeling (SEM) with the purpose of unraveling the working mechanism of washback. A total number of 3105 Chinese senior high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Seniors, Test Construction, Test Use
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Xiaoshu 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
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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
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Li, Shuang; Wang, Shuang; Du, Junlei; Pei, Yu; Shen, Xinyi – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: Failure to effectively organize and manage learning time is an important factor influencing online learners' performance. Investigation of time-investment patterns for online learning will provide educators with useful knowledge of how learners engage in and regulate their online learning and support them in tailoring online course…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Time Management, Time Factors (Learning), Learning Strategies
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Lin, Xunyi; Yang, Weipeng; Wu, Lizhen; Zhu, Lifen; Wu, Duanping; Li, Hui – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: The present study investigated the effects of a 12-week inquiry-based science and engineering (IBSE) program on preschoolers' science and engineering learning experiences. The treatment versus control condition was randomly assigned to four preschool classes, which included 122 preschoolers (M = 61.10 month, SD = 3.73).…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Education, Engineering Education
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Wang, Y.-H. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2016
In this study, the researcher aimed to develop a mobile-assisted learning system and to investigate whether it could promote teenage learners' classical Chinese learning through the flipped classroom approach. The researcher first proposed the structure of the Cross-device Mobile-Assisted Classical Chinese (CMACC) system according to the pilot…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
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Ashton-Hay, Sally Ann; Lamberton, Geoffrey; Zhou, Yining; von der Heidt, Tania – Journal of International Education in Business, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of bilingual learning strategies designed to support Chinese undergraduate business students facing significant learning challenges in an Australian university capstone curriculum delivered at their Chinese university. These challenges include the students' difficulty understanding…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning
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Yu, Baohua – Educational Studies, 2019
This study examined (1) differences in background, integrative/instrumental motivation, learning approach, leaning strategy and proficiency in second language (L2) and (2) the determinants of learning outcomes between Hong Kong and Mainland (Chinese) students. To achieve this, a questionnaire survey was distributed to 773 s language learners…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Curriculum Design, Language Proficiency
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Milheim, Karen L., Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
Higher education programs are continuously expanding globally and now, students who are enrolled in online courses can reside anywhere in the world. Due to this phenomenon, institutions are forced to adapt to serve their remote students. "Cultivating Diverse Online Classrooms Through Effective Instructional Design" provides emerging…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Instructional Design, Student Diversity
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Zhang, Xiaopeng; Dong, Xiaoli – Modern Language Journal, 2016
This study examined the effectiveness of Zipfian frequency at facilitating the acquisition of English prenominal past participles. Chinese middle school students (N = 103) were randomly assigned to a sequenced Zipfian frequency (SZF) group, a random Zipfian frequency (RZF) group, a balanced frequency (BF) group, and a control group. A mixed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Teng, Feng – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2015
This study is an attempt to explore the correlation between direct and indirect vocabulary learning strategies along with the depth and breadth of vocabulary knowledge. To this end, a sample of 145 low proficiency students who learn English as a Foreign Language (EFL) completed a questionnaire concerning vocabulary learning strategy use.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Learning Strategies
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Li, Su; Li, Pengjing – English Language Teaching, 2012
Written corrective feedback (WCF) has been a long time practice in L2 writing instruction. However, in many cases, the effects are not satisfactory. There have been controversies about it both theoretically and empirically. This paper reports a multi-case study exploring individual differences that impact learners' responses to WCF. Four students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Case Studies, Error Correction
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2021
For the forty-fourth time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online and onsite during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 1 contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Video Technology
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Li, Qiong; Ni, Yu-jing – Chinese Education and Society, 2012
Focusing on the case of mathematics, this paper reviews debates on China's new Basic Education Curriculum Reform program, including the status of knowledge within the reformed curriculum, the arrangement of the curriculum system, and the push toward real-life applicability and hands-on participation. It discusses the related challenges that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Mathematics Curriculum
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