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Yi-Ching Pan – English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2024
Many university students in Taiwan have complained that the general English class is not very exciting nor useful for the workplace due to its exam-oriented and teacher-centered instruction focus. Such negative impressions often lead to a low motivation toward learning English and affect students' learning outcomes. This study aimed to establish…
Descriptors: College English, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Rosidin, Undang; Herpratiwi; Suana, Wayan; Firdaos, Rijal – European Journal of Educational Research, 2019
This study was conducted to analyze (a) the suitability of National Examination (UN) and national-based school examination (USBN) implementation, which has been running on the current guidelines and efforts to improve students' achievements, (b) the final examination system that is relevant in measuring student competency achievement based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Program Implementation
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Lee, Ju Seong; Lee, Kilryoung – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2020
This study investigated the role of the L2 motivational self system on L2 willingness to communicate (L2 WTC) by Korean EFL university and secondary students. Drawing on a purposive sampling technique and an explanatory sequential mixed methods design, quantitative data (105 university and 112 high school students) were first collected and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Learning Motivation, High School Students
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Ariapooran, Saeed – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2017
Hearing loss can be a major detriment to academic achievement among students. The present comparative study examines the differences in mathematics motivation, anxiety, and performance in female students with hearing loss and their hearing peers. A total of 63 female students with hearing loss (deaf and hard-of-hearing) and 63 hearing female…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Learning Motivation, Performance Based Assessment, Mathematics Achievement
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Huang, Shu-Chen – Language Testing, 2011
This study examined two types of classroom assessment events, the more closed convergent assessments (CA) versus the more open-ended divergent assessments (DA), to see if they influence learners differently in terms of motivation and learning strategies. Participants were 105 college freshmen in Taiwan with the same instructor placed under one…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Speech Communication, Self Efficacy, Performance Based Assessment
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Remedios, Richard; Kiseleva, Zoya; Elliott, Joe – Educational Psychology, 2008
Research in the UK has shown that students start their university career with the goal of mastering their subject, but this focus shifts as they progress through their degree program. Studies have suggested that unlike students in the UK, Russian students continue to take a strong mastery approach to their work. The main aim of this study was to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Academic Aspiration, Foreign Countries
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Seddon, Jennifer – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2008
To increase the perceived relevance of pre-clinical science courses to undergraduates, a context-based assessment item was introduced to a genetics course that occurs early within a five-year veterinary science programme. The aim was to make a direct link between genetic concepts and the future clinical profession of the students. In the…
Descriptors: Genetics, Science Curriculum, Veterinary Medical Education, Scientific Concepts
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Roberts, Peter – International Review of Education, 2007
This paper provides a critical analysis of New Zealand's Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF). The first section sketches the development and implementation of the PBRF. The second section evaluates the scheme, concentrating on three themes: the relationship between privatization, competition and research performance; the standardization of…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Foreign Countries, Privatization, Policy Analysis
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Schleicher, Andreas – Intercultural Education, 2006
This report examines how immigrant students performed, mainly in mathematics and reading, but also in science and problem-solving skills in the PISA 2003 assessment, both in comparison with native students in their adopted country and relative to other students across all countries covered in the report (the "case countries"). In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, First Generation College Students, Immigrants
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers