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Hallaq, Tom – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2016
While new technology continues to develop and become increasingly affordable, and students have increased access to digital media, one might wonder if requiring such technology in the classroom is akin to throwing the car keys to a teenager who has not completed a driver's education course. The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Literacy Education
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Ahrari, Ramin; Jamali, Ramineh – Cogent Education, 2018
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of using collaborative translation tasks (CTTs) for teaching figurative language. The study also sought to explore the perceptions of the learners toward the efficacy of CTTs for learning figurative language through conducting interviews. The participants of the study included 60 English as a…
Descriptors: Translation, Cooperative Learning, Figurative Language, English (Second Language)
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Alghamdi, Amani – Higher Education Studies, 2013
This study reports on the pedagogical implications of using the Blackboard feature Discussion Board (DB) to improve students' learning in higher education. The study sample included three sections of female students--a total of 155 students--in an undergraduate course at an international university in Saudi Arabia. The impact of using DB on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Group Discussion
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Pennington, Rebecca – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2011
This study examined whether teacher portfolios can be validly and reliably assessed by investigating the effect of an instructional tool on increasing the level of reflective thinking in elementary preservice teachers' portfolios. It also examined whether reflective thinking in preservice teachers' electronic portfolios represented sufficient…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Preservice Teachers, Reflection, Evaluation Methods
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Abu Naba'h, Abdallah M. – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2012
This study aimed at investigating the impact of using computer assisted grammar teaching on the performance of Jordanian pupils studying English as a foreign language. The sample of the study consisted of (212) secondary pupils distributed randomly on four experimental groups and four control groups. To find out the impact of a software program on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
McNabb, Mary – National Geographic Society (NJ1), 2006
Purpose: A pilot study of the "Language, Literacy, & Vocabulary!" program was conducted by Learning Gauger, Inc., for National Geographic School Publishing, in spring 2006. The program evaluation examined the classroom adoption approaches used by participating teachers and the subsequent impact of the "Language, Literacy, &…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Program Evaluation, Literacy, Control Groups