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Showing 1 to 20 of 121 for “"Strategy use"”.
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An investigation of communication strategy use in reception
… and empirical investigation of communication strategy use in the receptive behaviour of second/foreign language learners. The investigation is descriptive in design, and seeks to describe the phenomenon of communication strategies both as a constituent of communicative discourse and as a part …
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Strategy use and basic arithmetic cognition in adults
… it is important to understand why procedure use is high, even for relatively skilled adults. My dissertation, therefore, sought to expand understanding of strategy choice for adults’ basic arithmetic. Background on this topic and supporting knowledge germane to the topic are provided in …
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Teaching strategy use for oral communication tasks to ESL learners
This thesis investigates the effects of strategy training on ESL learners' strategy use and performance on oral communication tasks. Research into the teaching and learning of speaking in the ESL context is relatively neglected and strategy training is unheard of in very many L2 oral classrooms. A …
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The influence of spelling strategy use on student achievement and attributions
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Effortful Emotion Regulation Strategy Use and Cognition: An Individual Differences Approach
… (or improves) even when the emotion regulation strategy required is mentally effortful (i.e., requires cognitive resources for success). The primary aim of this dissertation was to examine how expressive suppression (i.e., the inhibition of emotional responses and behavior) impacts cognitive …
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Cognitive and metacognitive strategy use in first and second language reading comprehension
This thesis explored cognitive and metacognitive strategy use in first and second language reading comprehension (RC) among Igbo native speakers who are English as Second Language (ESL) learners in Nigeria. The RC of ESL readers in Nigeria has not previously been investigated. The three studies …
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Mobile Books: Effect of Engagement on Students’ Motivation and Cognitive Strategy Use
… storybooks (eBooks) and cognitive strategies used during eBook reading. Data collection comprised motivation and parent questionnaires, behavioural observation checklists, cognitive strategies rubric, and teacher interviews. Students’ emotional engagement with and enjoyment of mobile eBooks …
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Effects of Menstrual Cycle Phase and Stress on Spatial Navigational Strategy Use
… strategies. Such exploration is important because women experience stressful events throughout the menstrual cycle. Hence, the primary aim of the research described here was to investigate the potentially interacting effect of menstrual cycle phase and acute psychosocial stress on allocentric …
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Learning ability in post-stroke aphasia : success, strategy use and implications for therapy
… in Experiment 4, we examine the strategies used to perform our task in order to better understand how information is processed during probabilistic category learning. Results support the hypothesis that aphasia differentially affects language and learning networks. Instruction method and …
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The effects of self-monitoring strategy use on the pronunciation of learners of English
Language learning strategy (LLS) research has provided a large body of evidence for the effectiveness of strategy-based instruction (SBI), though the evidence is very limited for pronunciation strategy instruction. For both general and pronunciation LLSs, most research has focused on identifying …
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Linking goals to outcomes: Exploring students' achievement goals, strategy use, and standards of success for learning
… strategies showed that mastery oriented students used more reading strategies than performance oriented students. This was tested by imposing a performance oriented measure on one half of the participants. Data was analyzed with quantitative methods. Findings from this study supported only the …
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Concurrent validity of the use of the Dartfish application to assess motor strategy use in adults
Background: Motor strategy use changes with age, resulting in decreased balance and therefore an increased risk for falls. The importance of motor strategy activation in fall prevention is highlighted in current literature; however, physical therapists do not routinely examine motor strategy …
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Identification and Comparison of Academic Self Regulatory Strategy Use of Traditional and Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing Students
Objective: To explore and compare the use of metacognitive, cognitive, and environmental resource management self regulatory learning (SRL) strategies used by a national sample of students enrolled in traditional and accelerated baccalaureate nursing programs. Background: Learner focused reforms in …
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Let It Go: Cognitive Strategy Use Selectively Changes Temporal Context Effects in Risky Monetary Decision-Making
… context-dependencies are perplexing, because relying on recent events at any timescale is inconsistent with the assumed goal of risky monetary decision-making: to maximize payoff. Identifying this suboptimal behavioral pattern raises the possibility it can be mitigated using behavioral …
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The role of metacognitive strategy use in second grade students with learning disabilities during written spelling tasks
… to identify what metacognitive processes they used by asking them to report and reflect on what they wrote, how they knew what to write, and whether or not they could identify what they wrote was correct, as well as being able to independently correct any errors they made. The results indicate …
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Understanding the Association Between Social Networks, College Student Alcohol Use, and Protective Behavioral Strategy Use and Beliefs
… strategies (PBS), defined as behaviors used to reduce negative alcohol-related consequences, are often assessed as a mechanism of change and predictor of alcohol outcomes (Martens, Taylor, Damann, Page, Mowry, & Cimini, 2004). Still, the association between social networks’ and college …
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Vocabulary Acquisition in CFL (Chinese as a Foreign Language) Contexts: a Correlation of Performance and Strategy Use
… Descriptive and non-parametric statistics were used. The one-way ANOVA was used to investigate the effect of character density on students' vocabulary recognition and production performance. The Pearson Correlation was used to determine whether there was a linear relationship between the …
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EFL students' English language knowledge, strategy use and multiple-choice reading test performance: a structural equation modeling approach
… major factors: English Language Knowledge and Strategy Use. This feature raises a number of issues. Does the multiple-choice reading comprehension subtest of the English component at the SHAAE measure what it is intended to assess? Do Taiwanese senior high school students’ English Language …
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