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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Learners’ engagement"”.
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Factors shaping learners' engagement with science texts in grade 8 : a study of learners' perspectives
… is located as this informs the extent to which learners have to engage independently with texts. It also describes the role of the textbook in society and education, the readability of texts and reading as factors that affect and therefore have an impact on the way learners make meaning from …
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Grade 11 learners' engagement with a literature setwork (Sophiatown) through a tramsmediation project in a third space
… well as three(3) digital stories created by the learners to study the affordances of translanguaging and transmediation in a Third Space. Transmediation speaks to the practice of moving a text from one mode to another as each mode offers its own set of affordances and limitations for meaning …
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Learners Engagement During a Novel Residential Environmental Education Experience: The Influence of Personal Histories on Interests, Identities, and Stewardship
Environmental education is focused on producing informed citizens capable of stewarding the natural world. In the past, there has been little understanding of how participants' personal histories interact with environmental education experiences. This dissertation examines how participants' …
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An online pre-briefing for a blended learning neonatal resuscitation program simulation training course - learner perception and experience
… health authority. In-person pre-briefing of learners before they begin simulation training has been shown to improve the learners’ engagement and increase learner psychological safety in healthcare simulation training. Although there is evolving research supporting simulation pre-briefing …
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Learnersourcing : improving learning with collective learner activity
Millions of learners today are watching videos on online platforms, such as Khan Academy, YouTube, Coursera, and edX, to take courses and master new skills. But existing video interfaces are not designed to support learning, with limited interactivity and lack of information about learners' …
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Effects of the communicative language teaching approach on the English learning motivation and English proficiency of non-English majors in a technological and vocational university in Northern Taiwan
… examine the factors resulting in students’ non-engagement in a communication-based classroom. Prior to and after CLT instructional practice to 163 freshmen from avocational university, I administered motivation questionnaire surveys and English proficiency tests in listening and reading, and …
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Exploring the impact of technology enhanced learning on EAL learning in mathematics, English and modern foreign languages within a secondary education state school
… of English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners in schools has highlighted the need to explore and develop support provision that enhances educational achievement and attainment. One of the approaches that may contribute to supporting EAL learners involves the use of technology-enhanced …
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Evaluating the explicit pragmatic instruction of requests and apologies in a study abroad setting : the case of ESL Chinese learners at a UK Higher Education institution
… of Chinese English as a Second Language (ESL) learners in the UK. The intervention in this study specifically focused on the speech acts of requests and apologies, and the effects of differentiated training materials, i.e., paper-based versus computer-based tasks. Instructional effects were …
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Enhancing the reading conditions in a multilingual grade six class : exploring the possibilities
… reading conditions in a grade six class with learners from different language backgrounds, but taught in English as a medium of instruction"". The conceptual framework helps to carve a path through the maze of definitions about reading, independent readers, reading models and Cambourne's …
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Developing dialogic interactions : teacher talk in Saudi Arabian secondary schools' English language classes
… promote discussion and dialogue; they restrict learners’ engagement with meaning-making in classroom talk because both F-moves function as indirect corrective feedback which impedes students’ output and uptake and encourage low order thinking. Students were not provided with appropriate learning …
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Understanding the beliefs and behaviours of low-skilled adults as they re-engage with mathematics
This thesis explored low-skilled adult learners’ beliefs about mathematics and how they engaged with mathematical content delivered as part of foundation-level vocational programmes in New Zealand. It also examined how low-skilled learners holding procedurally-oriented beliefs responded to a …
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Learning linkages between projects and work placements in engineering education
… and sociocultural theory to understand learners’ engagement in WIL and PBL as building knowledge through social interactions in classroom and work settings. Constructionism is a learning theory that puts importance on active knowledge construction by learners engaged in hands-on …
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The impact of activity-based instruction on Grade 11 learners’ performance in algebraic expressions: A case of Onankali Circuit, Oshikoto region
… faces persistent challenges, particularly in learners' grasp of Algebraic Expressions, as evidenced by consistent underperformance in national examinations. This study investigated the potential of Activity-Based Instruction (ABI) to enhance Grade 11 learners' proficiency in Algebraic …