For the vast majority of the Iranian M.A. students of TEFL, thesis writing is the first individual engagement with research. Despite having some pedagogical merits, such an academic activity generally poses some intellectual and affective challenges to such students. During thesis completion, if students are not effectively scaffolded by supervisors and not supported by universities, they are l...

This study set out to explore the impact of three levels of task planning on the accuracy of task-based oral performance with narrative task types among sixty Iranian sophomores majoring in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at Islamic Azad University – Tabriz Branch. It was hypothesized that simultaneous pre-task/on-line planning would lead to more accurate performance. To test the ...

BACKGROUND The influence of intended and informal curricula on examination preparation has not been extensively studied. This study aims to firstly describe how students utilized components of intended and informal curricula to guide examination preparation, and secondly to study the relationship between examination preparation and performance. METHODS Students received a pre-examination ques...

research-article Open Access Share on A demographic analysis prerequisite preparation in an advanced data structures course Authors: Sophia Krause-Levy University of California San Diego DiegoView Profile , Sander Valstar Leo Porter William G. Griswold Authors Info & Claims ACM InroadsVolume 13Issue 2June 2022 pp 34–41https://doi.org/10.1145/3534563Online:17 May 2022Publication History 0citatio...