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Yang, Hui-Chi; Sun, Yu-Chih – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2013
OpenCourseWare (OCW) has received increasing attention over the past few years in higher education. These courses provide appealing opportunities to view classes taught in well-established universities worldwide. The current study aims to examine how OCW lectures can serve as authentic learning materials to facilitate vocabulary acquisition for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Verbal Stimuli, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning
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Ben-Peretz, Miriam; Kupferberg, Irit – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2007
In this article, we explore an interactive learning process in a digital forum that focused on personal cases drawn from student teachers' classroom experience. To this end, we combined theoretical and methodological frameworks of knowledge-based and discourse-analytic perspectives that enabled us to uncover evidence showing what the students may…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Instructional Design, Verbal Stimuli, Teacher Education Programs
Swain, Jeff; Munyofu, Mine; Kidwai, Khusro; Lin, Huifen; Ausman, Bradley; Dwyer, Francis – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The purpose of this study was to test the principle of modality by using audio to deliver verbal information when that information is designed to support non-verbal information such as animations in a computer-based lesson. This was done by comparing the effect of two types of audio support mechanisms- a simple support mechanism consisting of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Verbal Stimuli, Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction
Dwyer, Francis M.; De Melo, Hermes – Journal of Visual/Verbal Languaging, 1984
This investigation evaluated performance of university students on visual and nonvisual versions of an achievement test. Two experimental designs assessed the effects and interactions between visual and nonvisual instructional modes, order of drawing test (before or after verbal/visual achievement test), and mode of drawing test (verbal cued or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Graphs, Higher Education
Johnson, Craig W.; And Others – Educational Communication and Technology, 1985
Consistent results of two experiments, in which undergraduate students were taught relatively technical native language vocabulary through keyword methods, showed that effectiveness of such methods depended upon whether meanings of words to be learned were abstract or concrete and whether comprehension was assessed immediately or after a delay.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Imagery, Learning Strategies, Memory
Kinnear, Judith; Martin, Marjory – 1989
One aim of this study was to identify, in a group of unsuccessful college level problem solvers, the status and use of their declarative knowledge as revealed by students' attempts to solve novel problems in a pencil-and-paper setting. It was hypothesized that for some unsuccessful problem solvers, their problem representation could be improved by…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education
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Zalanowski, Annette H. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1990
Analyzes effect of brain hemisphere orientation on music appreciation. Reports results from 36 left-hemisphere and 36 right-hemisphere undergraduates who responded to a musical selection verbally or visually. Finds right-hemisphere students show greater appreciation, measured by attention, understanding, and enjoyment scores. Discusses…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research