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Ergül, Cevriye; Sarica, Ayse Dolunay; Akoglu, Gözde; Karaman, Gökçe – International Journal of Instruction, 2017
This study investigated the possible differences in the home literacy environments (HLE) among Turkish kindergarteners from three different SES (socio-economic) strata. 341 parents of a total of 341 kindergarteners from 24 kindergarten classrooms in low, middle and high SES neighbourhoods across Ankara completed the Socio-Demographics Form and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Family Environment, Surveys
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Ratminingsih, Ni Made; Marhaeni, A. A. I. N.; Vigayanti, L. P. D. – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
Self-assessment as one of authentic assessments has been currently implemented in EFL teaching pedagogy as to give more opportunity to the students to reflect on their own learning and progress. This study aims at investigating the effect of self-assessment on students' independence and writing competence. In the present study, two groups of…
Descriptors: Competence, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Writing Achievement, Student Empowerment
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Wang, Zhe; Adesope, Olusola – International Journal of Instruction, 2016
Previous work on seductive details has demonstrated that interesting but irrelevant messages hinder students' text learning. Considering that there is little evidence suggesting the relationship between seductive details and prior knowledge, the present study examined how seductive details affect learning in terms of prior knowledge to address the…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Middle School Students, Knowledge Level, Recall (Psychology)
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Ültanir, Gürcan; Ültanir, Emel; Irkörücü, Ayse – International Journal of Instruction, 2016
Effective emotional thoughts like attitudes, stereotyped judgments and preconceptions are dependent on both collective and individual experiences. Experiences like reading an article or watching a movie that is based on a context determined by the curriculum might cause individual or collective discrimination towards different ethnic or cultural…
Descriptors: Ethnic Stereotypes, Immigrants, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Ghanizadeh, Afsaneh; Jahedizadeh, Safoura – International Journal of Instruction, 2017
Scholars in higher education deem reflective thinking as integral to the development of professional disciplinary practices. One of the major issues in studying reflective thinking pivots around its conceptualization and assessment. Over the years, researchers have used several methods and scales to measure reflective thinking. One of the most…
Descriptors: Validity, Questionnaires, Indo European Languages, Reflection
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AlFallay, Ibrahim S. – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
This study investigates to what extend do teachers of English as a school subject (ESS) in Saudi schools follow recommendations and guidelines suggested by language testing specialists in developing tables of specifications and preparing blueprints to their formative and summative language tests. To answer the study questions, a thirteen-statement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)