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Chou, Mu-Hsuan – Educational Psychology, 2021
Reading ability has had a prominent role in English language education in Taiwan. The comprehension of materials and teacher instruction in English depends on students' English proficiency, and their achievement emotions regarding competence-related activities may influence how they read and complete tasks in English. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Ranalli, Jim; Link, Stephanie; Chukharev-Hudilainen, Evgeny – Educational Psychology, 2017
An increasing number of studies on the use of tools for automated writing evaluation (AWE) in writing classrooms suggest growing interest in their potential for formative assessment. As with all assessments, these applications should be validated in terms of their intended interpretations and uses. A recent argument-based validation framework…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Formative Evaluation, Decision Making
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Rakedzon, Tzipora; Baram-Tsabari, Ayelet – Educational Psychology, 2017
This paper reports a study using a quasi-experimental design to examine whether an academic writing course in English can improve graduate students' academic and popular science writing skills. To address this issue, we designed pre- and post-assessment tasks, an intervention assessment task and a scoring rubric. The pre- and post-assessment tasks…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Writing Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Mirzaei, Azizullah; Rahimi Domakani, Masoud; Heidari, Najmeh – Educational Psychology, 2014
Over the years, the multiple intelligences theory (MIT) proposed by Howard Gardner has renewed interest in learners' use of effective learning strategies and produced interesting results. This MIT-oriented study investigated the role of successful L2 readers' multiple intelligences in their effective use of reading strategies. To this end, a TOEFL…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning, Multiple Intelligences, Questionnaires
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Khani, Reza; Mirzaee, Alireza – Educational Psychology, 2015
This study was an attempt to investigate the relationships among stressors, contextual variables, self-efficacy and teacher burnout in Iran as an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) context. A battery of questionnaires was administered to 216 English language teachers of private language institutes. Using Amos version 20, structural equation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Teacher Burnout, Stress Variables
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Aliakbari, Mohammad; Tazik, Khalil – Educational Psychology, 2011
In the past few decades, research on gender and language learning styles (LLSs) across various EFL/ESL contexts has received remarkable attention. From these studies, a multitude of contradictory and heterogeneous findings has been observed which justify additional research in SLA contexts in general and EFL contexts like Iran in particular.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Second Language Learning, Gender Differences