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Direct linkLarissa Goulart – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Written assignments are, perhaps, one of the most common types of coursework that students will encounter in their undergraduate studies. This study describes the communicative purpose and textual and linguistic characteristics of university assignments written for content classes, taking into account variation across communicative text types and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Language, Writing Skills, Student Writing Models
Download full textFaryadi, Qais – Online Submission, 2019
I have already discussed the PhD introduction and literature review in detail. In this paper, I discuss the PhD methodology, results and how to write a stunning conclusion for your thesis. The main objective of this paper is to help PhD candidates to understand what is a PhD methodology and guide them in writing a systematic and meaningful PhD…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Writing Processes, Research Methodology, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedChang, Peichin; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Chen, Pin-ju – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2020
Attaining coherence in writing remains a huge challenge for English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners. This study investigated how EFL college students structured their expository essays and attained coherence in a content-based language learning course by comparing the effects of the cognitive and linguistic approaches. Three classes…
Descriptors: College Students, English Language Learners, Expository Writing, Essays
Wu, Shu-hua; Alrabah, Sulaiman – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
This classroom-based study was conducted in Kuwait to investigate the impact of text structure strategy (TSS) instruction on the ways in which 54 English as a foreign language (EFL) college students approached expository and medical texts. Data collection involved two surveys, fieldnotes, class observations, and group interviews. A system of codes…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Harada, Oriko; Kashihara, Akihiro – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2020
Web-based investigative learning is a form of learning where learners investigate Web resources to construct knowledge on a question. In our previous work, we have designed a learning model and a cognitive tool named iLSB to support learners in expanding the initial question into sub-questions so as to deepen and widen their investigation, and in…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Web Based Instruction, Web Sites, Learning Experience
Moradi, Sholeh; Ghahari, Shima; Abbas Nejad, Mohammad – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
Cognitive organizers (COs) are text aids which represent objects, concepts, and their relations by the use of symbols and spatial arrangements without adding to semantic content. The present study examines language learners' text comprehension through outlines, a popular CO, compared with text-only condition, and further investigates the effect of…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Burin, Debora I.; Barreyro, Juan P.; Saux, Gastón; Irrazábal, Natalia C. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2015
Introduction: In contemporary information societies, reading digital text has become pervasive. One of the most distinctive features of digital texts is their internal connections via hyperlinks, resulting in non-linear hypertexts. Hypertext structure and previous knowledge affect navigation and comprehension of digital expository texts. From the…
Descriptors: Hypermedia, Prior Learning, Short Term Memory, Reading Comprehension
Gaddy, Stephanie A.; Bakken, Jeffrey P.; Fulk, Barbara M. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2008
This study was conducted to determine the relative efficacy of text-structure strategy instruction compared to traditional instruction on the reading comprehension of 40 postsecondary students with learning disabilities (LD). Participants were randomly assigned to either a text-structure strategy condition or a traditional instruction condition.…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Conventional Instruction, Text Structure
Surber, John R.; Schroeder, Mark – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007
College students with either high or low prior domain knowledge (PK) read a text chapter presented in short pages on a computer monitor. Half of the participants read with headings present and half with headings absent. The computer recorded time spent reading and rereading each short page. Learning was assessed through a structured recall task.…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Recall (Psychology), College Students
