By emphasizing the most noticeable part of gestures, the gesture stroke, this study investigated the spontaneous development of sign-systems created by two adult, non-native speakers of English while they summarized academic text for an audience. The focus of the study is on how participants integrated the sign systems of gesture, speech, and graphic organizers to make meaning across very short...

Computer programming is a part of the curriculum in computer science education, and high drop rates for this subject are a universal problem. Development of metacognitive skills, including the conceptual framework provided by socio-cognitive theories that afford reflective thinking, such as actively monitoring, evaluating, and modifying one’s thinking, has been identified as important for novic...

This study was conducted to increase the third-semester students’ listening comprehension in IKIP PGRI Pontianak who have high anxiety. The quantitative research method used and data were analyzed by using one-way ANOVA two groups of students with anxiety 10 meetings. experiment group taught a Graphic Organizer before session. Meanwhile, other Advance form narrative text result indicates that F...

The present study examined the process and product effects of note-taking strategy training on Iranian EFL learners’ comprehension and retention of written material, with gender as a moderating variable. Intermediate undergraduate EFL learners (N = 108) were assigned to experimental and control groups. The Experimental (intervention) Group received training on how to take notes, using graphic o...

Reading and writing texts are foundational abilities required for daily activities, human interaction and almost all school disciplines. However, it is not uncommon to find students with reading and writing difficulties. Those difficulties interfere on their learning process and their ability to comprehend more complex ideas. Therefore, failing to read and write leads not only to academic failu...

In this paper, we present a Context-based Storytelling with Responsive Multimedia System (RMS). Many researches related to virtual storytelling have been presented with the advancement of multimedia technology. However, people have different abilities to understand a story according to their experience, knowledge, age, gender, etc. In the proposed approach, virtual story is unfolded by interact...

The use of bilingual graphic organizers [bilingual knowledge maps (BiK-maps)] as a study strategy was investigated for the acquisition of foreign language vocabulary. Participants were assigned to one of two conditions for the task of studying 32 German-English word-pairs. Participants either used BiK-mapping as a study strategy or took notes in their own preferred style. BiK-map strategists re...

Narrative-centered learning environments tightly integrate educational subject matter and interactive stories, where students serve as active participants in story-centric problem-solving scenarios. Embedding scaffolding within the storyline of a narrative-centered learning environment is a discreet approach to supporting studentsÕ learning processes without diminishing the motivational benefit...

This research addresses the issue of students struggling with reading and comprehending narrative texts. Its objective is to enhance comprehension 5th-grade elementary school by employing graphic organizer method. method emphasizes creation concept maps or charts aid in understanding The follows a classroom action approach, consisting two cycles one meeting each. Each cycle involves lesson plan...