this study aims at uncovering the effect(s) of genre-based instruction (gbi) on listening proficiency among iranian efl learners. moreover, it seeks to explore the relationship between effectiveness of gbi and listening proficiency. for this purpose, 68 efl learners in two different groups at zabol university were selected. group a included 30 participants (12 males and 18 females), and group b...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching patternmaking via a computer by comparing the outcomes of a patternmaking lesson being taught in a traditional lecture style to instruction received through a computer-based animation program. A lesson in patternmaking was taught to undergraduate students with varying levels of previous experience using the two instructional...

Previous research has shown that students construct equations for word problems in which many of the terms have no referents. Experiment 1 attempted to eliminate some of these errors by providing instruction on canceling units. The failure of this method was attributed to the cognitive overload (Sweller, 2003) imposed by adding units to the equations and to the mechanical nature of the interven...

This article discusses a universal way to create animation using Asymptote the language for vector graphics. The itself has built-in library creating animations, but its practical use is complicated by an extremely brief description in official documentation and unstable execution of existing examples. purpose this eliminate gap. method we describe based on PDF-file with frames Asymptote, furth...

We describe the Smalltalk Gurus, compone for Smalltalk programming. The Gurus are tutorial MoleHill. They offer help on plans for achieving g remediation for students’ incorrect and less-than-optim the multimodal media of animation and voice-over deliver advice and instruction concerning disparate info

The Animation TutorTM is a curriculum project that uses software to supplement instruction in courses such as intermediate algebra. Its purpose is to ground mathematical reasoning in concrete experiences through the use of interactive animation and the virtual manipulation of objects. This article summarizes how the project has progressed from research to practice and back. The first section sh...

To reduce the production cost of 3D-CG educational contents for e-Learning system and to improve the capability of self-learning system, we developed a new self-learning system based on the Cyber Person. Cyber Person is a Human Shaped Software Robot by using 3D Computer Graphics and Speech Synthesis technologies. This system includes 3DCG stage, many kind of stage parts (3D-CG shaped models, Ph...

Animation can provide learners with explicit dynamic information that is either implicit or unavailable in static graphics. However, the inclusion of temporal change in a visual display introduces additional and qualitatively different information processing demands. For learners to be successful in building high-quality mental models from animated instruction, they must extract thematically re...

background :comparing computer and internet based instruction with traditional giving lecture would provide enough evidence to identify best teaching practice. in this study, we compared lecture, interactive internet based and computer based learning regarding medical students' knowledge acquisition and satisfaction in teaching pathophysiology of hematology and oncology.   methods : eighty four...