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Integrating STAD and Flipped Learning in Expository Writing Skills: Impacts on Students' Achievement and Perceptions
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Shafiee Rad, Hanieh; Namaziandost, Ehsan; Razmi, Mohammad Hasan – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2023
The current research examined the impact of the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD, a structured cooperative learning method) and flipped learning on improving students' expository writing skills and their perceptions about learning. The study was carried out in 11 weeks and employed a pretest/posttest quasi-experimental design through which…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Flipped Classroom, Writing Skills
Integrating Inquiry-Based Learning and Computer Supported Collaborative Learning into Flipped Classroom: Effects on Academic Writing Performance and Perceptions of Students of Railway Engineering
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Nazanin Adhami; Mahboubeh Taghizadeh – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
The objective of this study was twofold: (a) to determine the extent to which three types of instruction could improve writing performance of railway engineering students and (b) to explore students' perceptions of flipped classroom, Edmodo, and Google Docs for improving their academic writing performance. The participants were 61 undergraduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transportation, Engineering Education, Writing Instruction
Learning-Oriented Assessment and Its Effects on the Perceptions and Argumentative Writing Performance of Impulsive vs. Reflective Learners
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Estaji, Masoomeh; Safari, Fatemeh – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
Learning-oriented assessment (LOA) is becoming increasingly popular in language education. The rationale for this popularity is the belief that LOA not only provides teachers with the necessary information for regular and ongoing evaluation but also it effectively assists learners in their learning process. This study attempted to examine the…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Triangulation of Language Assessment Modes: Learning Benefits and Socio-Cognitive Prospects
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Ghahari, Shima; Farokhnia, Farzaneh – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2017
An experimental design was adopted in the present study to cross-compare the effect of two formative assessments, namely peer assessment (PA) and teacher assessment (TA), with summative assessment (SA) on the improvement of language learners' writing skill and self-efficacy. Writing excellence was operationalized by structural (grammar), lexical…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Interviews, Self Efficacy
Homework: Voices from EFL Teachers and Learners
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Amiryousefi, Mohammad – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2016
Previous studies have mainly focused on homework in courses such as math and physics with little attention to homework in EFL (English as a foreign language) classes. The main purpose of the study reported in this paper was to give a voice to both EFL teachers and learners with regard to English homework. To this end, 8 EFL teachers and 19 EFL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homework, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Blog-Integrated Writing with Blog-Buddies: EAP Learners' Writing Performance
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Asoodar, Maryam; Atai, Mahmood Reza; Vaezi, Shahin – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
This article reports a mixed-method research probing the effect of utilizing a blog-buddy system on English for academic purposes learners' writing performance. Sixty Iranian undergraduate engineering students at Iran University of Science and Technology Virtual Campus participated in this study. Our analysis of the students' writings indicated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Journals, Electronic Journals, Web Sites
The Role of Teacher's Corrective Feedback in Improving Iranian EFL Learners' Writing Accuracy over Time: Is Learner's Mother Tongue Relevant?
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Rahimi, Mohammad – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of feedback on writing accuracy over time and examine the relevance of the students' mother tongue to the feedback effect. To this end, the study compared two groups of Iranian English majors (N = 56) over a period of four months: one with indirect grammar feedback and the other with…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Error Correction, Majors (Students), Role