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Ebadi, Saman; Rahimi, Masoud – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Drawing on Vygotskian sociocultural theory of mind and social constructivism, and adopting a sequential exploratory mixed-methods approach, this study explored the impact of online dynamic assessment (DA) on EFL learners' academic writing skills through one-on-one individual and online synchronous DA sessions over Google Docs. It also investigated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns
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Sessions, Laird; Kang, Mi Ok; Womack, Sue – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
In this study the authors investigated the effects of integrating iPad applications into writing instruction for fifth grade students. By comparing the writing of students taught with paper and pencil methods with that of students utilizing the iPad writing applications, two research questions guided the study: (1) Are there differences in student…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Handheld Devices, Technology Integration, Elementary School Students
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Naidoo, Devika; Green, Whitfield – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2011
The aim of this study was to analyse science teachers' language in the classroom within the context of explanation sequences, in order to determine the coherence of the explanations, and the opportunities presented for learners' exposure to the register of science. The study is framed by the concepts of semiotic mediation, register and coherent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Language Usage, Semiotics
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Kuykendall, Carol – English Journal, 1972
Author proposes a student-centered curriculum sequence and describes how such a curriculum was implemnted in her own classroom. (MB)
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Diagnosis, English Curriculum
Larmouth, Donald W. – Minnesota English Journal, 1970
The experimental program in remedial composition described in this interim report was designed on the assumption that students could best learn to write minimally acceptable compositions by imitating paragraph and essay models which have been divided into a series of incremental steps. The objectives of the program were to develop a heuristic…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Connected Discourse, Discovery Learning, Imitation