the present paper investigated the effectiveness of concept mapping as a learning strategy on efl students’ self-regulation (metacognitive self-regulation, time and study environment, effort regulation, peer learning, and help seeking). sixty university students participated in the study. they were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups, each including thirty students. they were a...

We present a content-independent formulation of higher cognitive pedagogy, by identifying higher cognitive pedagogy with executive function which in turn we equate with continual multi-dimensional processing of drivers of outcomes. The key focus in this definition is on multiple dimensions. We apply our definition to four diverse disciplines: a) mathematical modeling of verbal problems is prese...

Extensive reading (ER) is an instructional option steadily gaining support and recognition in second language (L2) reading pedagogy. Even though many attempts have been made to unravel the impact of ER on L2 development, there is a paucity of investigation into the affective domains of reading. The current study helps fill this gap by examining the effect of ER on L2 reading attitude. Participa...

We propose that the cognitive mechanisms that enable the transmission of cultural knowledge by communication between individuals constitute a system of 'natural pedagogy' in humans, and represent an evolutionary adaptation along the hominin lineage. We discuss three kinds of arguments that support this hypothesis. First, natural pedagogy is likely to be human-specific: while social learning and...

Contextual learning is the next step in the development of pedagogy in relation to mobile and ubiquitous technologies. The question addressed in this paper is whether research on 'context' within second language learning, and in the language sciences more broadly, can inform the development of the notion of context in research on technology-enhanced learning and mobile learning. As researchers ...

due to the growing emphasis of modern language pedagogy on meaningfulcommunication, l2 willingness to communicate (wtc) has recently become animportant concept in second language learning and communication. the presentstudy investigated the effects of individual differences on iranian efllearners' willingness to communicate. as many as 431 students who were learningenglish as a foreign language...

Curriculum development and empirical research in the field of second language acquisition could benefit critical pedagogy (CLP) its practitioners. This article reviews central concepts organization curriculum CLP compares them with another major curricular initiative teaching, namely task-based or task-supported approaches, particular emphasis on teaching. Content itself (as activities material...

Readers of the journal Education Sciences will be broadly aware that within educational research as a whole, position exists analyzes issues and researches questions from an overall contextual perspective locates them in respect to values such equity, liberty, social justice [...]