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Yoshimasa Ogawa – Journal of Response to Writing, 2021
The present study evaluated the effects of a combined form of written corrective feedback (WCF) on English as a foreign language (EFL) students' writing accuracy. The combined WCF consisted of unfocused error-code WCF and focused metalinguistic explanation. Different forms of WCF were administered to two groups of Japanese EFL students in two…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction, Accuracy
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Azizi, Mahmood; Tkácová, Hedviga; Pavlíková, Martina; Jenisová, Zita – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
This study attempted to investigate the impact of extensive reading (ER) on the writing ability of Iranian EFL students. The study also took a further step to explore the effect of adding group work activity to the extensive reading program to find its possible positive effect on improving writing ability. The present study had two experimental…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Writing Ability, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Usman, Ahmed Ibrahim – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
The paper investigates geometric errors students made as they tried to use their basic geometric knowledge in the solution of the Applied Calculus Optimization Problem (ACOP). Inaccuracies related to the drawing of geometric diagrams (visualization skills) and those associated with the application of basic differentiation concepts into ACOP…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematical Applications, Geometry, Calculus
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Clauss, Allen D.; Nelsen, Stephen F.; Ayoub, Mohamed; Moore, John W.; Landis, Clark R.; Weinhold, Frank – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2014
We describe the logical flaws, experimental contradictions, and unfortunate educational repercussions of common student misconceptions regarding the shapes and properties of lone pairs, inspired by overemphasis on ''valence shell electron pair repulsion'' (VSEPR) rationalizations in current freshmanlevel chemistry textbooks. VSEPR-style…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Science, Chemistry, Textbook Evaluation