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The Impact of Google Assistant on Adolescent EFL Learners' Willingness to Communicate
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Tai, Tzu-Yu; Chen, Howard Hao-Jan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Willingness to communicate (WTC) is considered to be an important factor contributing to successful foreign language learning. Many studies aim at finding effective tools for enhancing WTC. With the support of AI and Automatic Speech Recognition technology, intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) seem to have potentials in improving foreign…
Descriptors: Grade 8, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Language Attitudes
A Mandatory Contribution-Based Collaborative Gaming Approach to Enhancing Students' Collaborative Learning Outcomes in Science Museums
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Liang, Hsin-Yi; Hsu, Tien-Yu; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Chang, Shao-Chen; Chu, Hui-Chun – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
In the past decades, collaborative game-based learning has been used to facilitate students' learning in authentic learning contexts. Although several previous studies have reported the potential of this approach for students' learning performance and motivation, unequal participation could negatively influence the learning effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Museums, Science Education, Critical Thinking, Competency Based Education
The Influence of Inquiry-Based Teaching on Male and Female Students' Motivation and Engagement
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Kuo, Yen-Ruey; Tuan, Hsiao-Lin; Chin, Chi-Chin – Research in Science Education, 2020
This study aims to examine the influence of inquiry-based instruction on eighth-grade male and female students' motivation and engagement in science learning in two public junior high schools in central Taiwan. Mixed-methods methodology was adopted with 60 students (32 males and 28 females) in the experimental group and 56 students (28 males and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Gender Differences
Development of an Assessment Tool for Positive Experiences about Science (PES)
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Shin, Youngjoon; Seo, Hae-Ae; Hong, Jun-Euy – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2019
This research aimed to develop an assessment tool for students' Positive Experiences about Science (PES). A preliminary version of PSE was developed through literature review, consisting of academic emotion, self-concept, learning motivation, career aspiration, and attitude in science. A pilot test was conducted with 198 students and a main test…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Student Experience, Science Education, Evaluation Methods
Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Students' Motivation and Self-Regulation in Science Learning
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Velayutham, Sunitadevi; Aldridge, Jill; Fraser, Barry – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
Students' motivational beliefs and self-regulatory practices have been identified as instrumental in influencing the engagement of students in the learning process. An important aim of science education is to empower students by nurturing the belief that they can succeed in science learning and to cultivate the adaptive learning strategies…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Construct Validity, Grade 8, Science Education
General and Situation-Specific Motivation in FL Learning.
Julkunen, Kyosti – 1992
A study in Finland investigated the relationship of two general aspects of student motivation for second language learning (preference for challenge and curiosity) and motivation specific to the learning situation. Subjects were 292 sixth-graders and 301 eighth-graders, who performed two open and two closed English vocabulary tasks in two…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries