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Kocaman, Orhan; Iskender, Murat – Online Submission, 2016
This research was carried out to determine the impact of computer-assisted teaching on teaching English. The first phase of the research was designed as an experiment and computer-assisted teaching and traditional teaching methods were conducted synchronically in two different groups. In the second phase, effects of variables such as gender, age,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Adhami-O'Brian, Soolmaz – Online Submission, 2014
The present study was conducted to explore the impact of explicit collocation instruction on the ESL learners' writing ability. Furthermore, this study was an attempt to find if there is any significant difference between male and female learners on their use of collocations in writing tasks. In so doing, 63 advanced English as a Second Language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Control Groups
Sakiyo, John; Waziri, Kawu – Online Submission, 2015
The study investigated the use of concept mapping teaching method on secondary school students' academic achievement in biology. Two hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The design of the study was quasi-experimental design with 122 Senior Secondary students selected purposively from two senior secondary schools in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Concept Mapping, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students
Obidoa, Mabel A.; Eskay, Michael; Onwubolu, Catherine O. – Online Submission, 2013
This study investigated gender differences in the effect of PAL (peer-assisted learning) on students' mathematics performance in Enugu State of Nigeria. It used pre-test and post-test non-randomized control group design. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. The population was SS II (senior secondary school class II)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Peer Relationship, Cooperative Learning
Ozen, Baki; Mohammadzadeh, Behbood – Online Submission, 2012
This study has been conducted to investigate the effectiveness of using poetry to teach vocabulary in a foreign language classroom. It aims to find answers to two research questions (1) "Do the learners enhance more extensive vocabulary knowledge by means of poetry-based vocabulary teaching activities than the traditional coursebook…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Grammar, Grade 7
Kariuki, Patrick N.; Kent, Holly D. – Online Submission, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the difference between students' scores in comprehension (English Language Arts) tests when they are led in Brain Gym® activities before class instruction and when they are taught using traditional teaching strategies. The sample for this study consisted of 11 males and 9 females. Data were collected by…
Descriptors: Scores, Language Arts, Comprehension, Teaching Methods
Awofala, Adeneye O. A. – Online Submission, 2014
This study investigated the effect of a personalised print-based instruction versus a non-personalised print-based instruction on the attitudes toward mathematics word problems of 350 senior secondary school year one Nigerian students within the blueprint of a quantitative research of pre-treatment-intervention-post-treatment non-equivalent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
Uzun, Levent; Çetinavci, Ugur Recep; Korkmaz, Sedat; Salihoglu, Umut Muharrem – Online Submission, 2013
The present study reports on the findings related to the effect of playing a vocabulary learning and practicing game in elementary English classes at university level, and the attitudes and beliefs of the subjects about playing games with the purpose of learning the foreign language. The subjects were 70 first year university students from two…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Vocabulary Development, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning
Davis, Kevin P. – Online Submission, 2015
The California Master Plan for Higher Education sets a policy objective of equity through access to higher education. The California State University system is California's primary institution for providing the social mobility that accompanies a four-year college degree. The purpose of this study is to examine the education lifecycle outcomes for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Planning, State Programs, State Policy
Onu, V. C.; Eskay, M.; Igbo, J. N.; Obiyo, N.; Agbo, O. – Online Submission, 2012
This study examined the effect of training in math metacognition on fractional mathematics among primary school pupils, with a quasi-experimental design, specifically a post-test only control group design. Two intact classes were randomly selected and assigned to treatment and control conditions. Sixty primary six pupils constituted the sample…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Achievement Tests, Metacognition
Wongchantra, Prayoon; Boujai, Pairoj; Sata, Winyoo; Nuangchalerm, Prasart – Online Submission, 2008
Environmental problems were made by human beings because they lack environmental ethics. The sustainable solving of environmental problems must rely on a teaching process using an environmental ethics infusion method. The purposes of this research were to study knowledge of environment and environmental ethics through an environmental education…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ethics, Teaching Methods, College Instruction
Silver, Rawley – Online Submission, 2008
Violent incidents occur frequently in schools and suicide ranks second to accidents as the leading cause of death among adolescents. The purpose of this presentation is to summarize the findings of six studies that used a stimulus-drawing task for access to fantasies, thoughts, and feelings. The studies were based on the theory that the task can…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency
Ibrahim, Hany – Online Submission, 2006
Research reveals that the division between reading and writing hinders the development of language learning in general and writing ability in specific. The study examined the effect of using the reading for writing approach on developing the writing ability of Egyptian EFL learners and their attitudes towards writing. Thirty, first year secondary…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Writing Research, Writing Skills, Secondary School Students