This study describes and analyzes the design, development, application and evaluation of a new pedagogical methodology based on interactive games for mobile devices (PDAs). The methodology is oriented to developing problem-solving skills in science classes for 8 th graders, by including pre-classroom activities with the teacher, classroom activities, and a central activity using an interactive ...

Criteria for relevant classroom assessments are discussed, and a biofunctional model of learning assessment is presented. In classroom assessment, the following criteria must be considered: (1) assessment approach (process-oriented and outcome-oriented); (2) assessment context (knowledge and higher-order thinking skills); (3) assessment method (paper and pencil tests and performance assessments...

Interlanguage pragmatics, as an inseparable part of communicative competence, has been emphasized as an ultimate objective in language learning. This study explored the perceptions of Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) students regarding interlanguage pragmatics and the impact of textbooks tasks on shaping their pragmatic competence. To accomplish this objective, 137 senior EFL student...

Abstract Facebook users must make choices about level of self-disclosure, and this self-disclosure can influence perceptions of the profile's author. We examined whether the specific type of self-disclosure on a professor's profile would affect students' perceptions of the professor and expectations of his classroom. We created six Facebook profiles for a fictitious male professor, each with a ...

Communicative-oriented language teaching methodologies need to have a central role in the current foreign education. In fact, teachers are expected shift away from traditional methods that proven be ineffective for learning. Nowadays, movement, which favors and embraces interaction, communication, negotiation of meaning, is growing education; therefore, pre-service in-service English responsive...

We have built and evaluated software that supports students to reason about a phenomenon and develop hypotheses to explain it. The goal is for students to ask their own questions, engage in hypothesis generation and make and test predictions about theories. Intelligent tutoring and a discovery approach guide students’ inquiry in these problem-based modules. The inquiry infrastructure provides a...

The present study adds to earlier person-oriented research by investigating differences in students' achievement goal orientation (AGO) profiles and their development using a simultaneous consideration of classroom patterns with longitudinal multilevel methods. sample almost 10,000 lower secondary school students, representing over 600 classrooms, was surveyed on AGOs the 7th 9th grade. Multile...