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EFL Doctoral Students' Conceptions of Authorial Stance in Academic Knowledge Claims and the Tie to Epistemic Beliefs
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Chang, Peichin; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
Taking an effective authorial stance in research argumentation has been designated as both vitally important and challenging. The study investigated English as a foreign language (EFL) doctoral students' conceptions of authorial stance, the role of domains in affecting their conceptions, and the ties of the conceptions to the participants'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
Learner Resistance to English-Medium Instruction Practices: A Qualitative Case Study
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Huang, Yi-Ping – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
The internationalization of higher education has resulted in the growth of English-medium instruction (EMI) practices and research. The existing EMI research has documented learners' favorable attitudes toward EMI but not necessarily its practices. Learners' dissatisfaction has not been viewed as a form of resistance. Through the notion of learner…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Language of Instruction, International Education
Enhance Low-Achieving Students' Learning Involvement in Taiwan's Higher Education: An Approach via E-Learning with Problem-Based Learning and Self-Regulated Learning
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Lee, Tsang-Hsiung; Shen, Pei-Di; Tsai, Chia-Wen – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
This study explored the effects of web-enabled pedagogies on students' involvement in learning. A series of quasi-experiments were conducted to investigate whether students' involvement increases over time if intervened, respectively, by problem-based learning (PBL), self-regulated learning (SRL), and their combinations. Two classes of 102…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Vocational Schools, Higher Education, Problem Based Learning