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María-del-Mar Romero-Alemán – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2024
The present retrospective, descriptive, and quasi-experimental study aimed to explore students' perceptions of traditional teaching combined with gamified and nongamified e-tests for postlecture reinforcement. Midterm knowledge retention and academic performance were also analyzed. The study was conducted from February 2021 to May 2022, involving…
Descriptors: Gamification, Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Biology
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Julia Carnine; Cristina Pérez Calleja – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2025
In a unique learning context, language-positive environments outside the classroom, not enclosed instruction on U.S. campuses, education abroad foreign language instructors develop distinct teaching practices. Education abroad researchers have accounted for informal learning opportunities, yet few have attended to onsite language instruction. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Second Language Instruction, Educational Innovation
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Azkarai, Agurtzane; Oliver, Rhonda – Language Learning Journal, 2019
Research on task repetition in second language (L2) learning has shown the benefits of this practice for subsequent L2 learning. However, as with much L2 research, most studies on task repetition have focused on adults and there is a dearth of research in this area involving young children. This study examines the effect of task repetition on two…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Berry, Vivien; Sheehan, Susan; Munro, Sonia – ELT Journal, 2019
Language assessment literacy has been discussed by language assessment specialists since Davies' seminal 2008 article. Much of this discussion has focused on experts' opinions of what teachers know, do not know, and should know about assessment. This paper reports on a project which aimed to put teachers at the centre of the debate by exploring…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Specialists, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
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Dooly, Melinda; Tudini, Vincenza – Classroom Discourse, 2022
This paper takes a multimodal conversation analytic approach to explore knowledge-in-interaction in a technology-mediated online environment (Skype videoconference) during a meeting between eight university students studying to become language teachers. The analysis considers the ways in which the student-teachers demonstrate their knowledge or…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Student Teachers, Information Seeking, Discourse Analysis
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Carrió-Pastor, María Luisa; Martín Marchante, Beatriz – International Journal of English Studies, 2018
The work at hand is part of a wider study the aim of which was to determine what kind of factors influence failures in pragmatic items of an online adaptive placement test taken by a group of 34 Spanish students in their first year at university. A preceding analysis (Carrió & Martín, 2016) showed the type of personal factors, such as lack of…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Test Items, Language Tests, College Freshmen
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Gómez, Mar; Aranda, Evangelina; Santos, Jesús – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
The European Higher Education Area, which is based on competency acquisition, has led to changes in teaching methods and student evaluations. In this new context, placements represent the best university-business connection for the development of competencies and integration of students into the employment market. Therefore, the primary objective…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Competence
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García, Mercedes Rico; da Silva, Paula Ferreira – Teaching English with Technology, 2018
Living in a global world involves not only mastering languages, but also dealing with different habits and values. It becomes critical with students trained to deal with a multicultural public, such as the group of learners from tourism covered by our research. Our proposal aims to analyze whether the virtual world of Second Life (SL) facilitates…
Descriptors: Hospitality Occupations, Tourism, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
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Jiménez-Castillo, David; Sánchez-Fernández, Raquel; Marín-Carrillo, Gema M. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
This study explores the effectiveness of the sequential use of lectures and video podcasting in higher education. Drawing together several theories, this paper examines the influence of student's perceived prior knowledge gained from lectures and technology acceptance model-related variables on student's self-reported assimilation of new material…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Multimedia Materials
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Colas, Jean-François; Sloep, Peter B.; Garreta-Domingo, Muriel – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
A new approach for overcoming the language and culture barriers to participation in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is reported. It is hypothesised that the juxtaposition of English as the "language of instruction," used for interacting with course materials, and one's preferred language as the "language of participation,"…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Barriers, Language Usage
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Martín-SanJosé, Juan Fernando; Juan, M.-Carmen; Vivó, Roberto; Abad, Francisco – Digital Education Review, 2015
Current learning and assessment are evolving into digital systems that can be used, stored, and processed online. In this paper, three different types of questionnaires for assessment are presented. All the questionnaires were filled out online on a web-based format. A study was carried out to determine whether the use of images related to each…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Pretests Posttests, Questionnaires, Questioning Techniques
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del Moral-Pérez, Mª Esther; Fernández-García, Laura Carlota; Guzmán-Duque, Alba Patricia – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2015
Introduction: Our research focused on studying the extent to which the planned, systematic use of educational videogames can result in the generation of learning contexts conducive to developing Multiple Intelligences (MIs) amongst schoolchildren. Methodology: A twofold methodological approach was adopted: a) qualitative: previous assessment and…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Multiple Intelligences
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Alberola Colomar, María Pilar – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
This article presents and analyses a classroom-based assessment method to test students' speaking skills in a variety of professional settings in tourism. The assessment system has been implemented in the Communication in English for Tourism course, as part of the Tourism Management degree programme, at Florida Universitaria (affiliated to the…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Tourism, Oral Language, Language Tests
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Akpinar, Murat; del Campo, Cristina; Eryarsoy, Enes – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
This study investigates the effects of collaboration and competition on students' learning performance in a course of business statistics. The collaboration involved a simultaneously organised group competition project with analysis of real-life business problems among students. Students from the following schools participated: JAMK University of…
Descriptors: Competition, Teamwork, International Studies, Statistics
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Morais, Adolfo; Barragués, José Ignacio; Guisasola, Jenaro – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2015
This work describes the design and evaluation of a proposal to use Classroom Response Systems (CRS), intended to promote participative classes of Mathematics at University. The proposal is based on Problem Based Learnig (PBL) and uses Robert's six hypotheses for mathematical teaching-learning. The results show that PBL is a relevant strategy to…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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