abstract this study was an attempt to investigate the effect of collaborative form-focused activities on grammar learning of elementary efl learners. to this end, 58 adult male iranian efl learners at elementary level of proficiency in three classes of language institutes were chosen. they formed the three groups of the study. the grammar section of cambridge michigan placement test was used to...

Utilizing a Preparation for Future Learning paradigm and the Interactive-Constructive-Active-Passive framework, this study examined how two different kinds of cognitively engaging activities prepared students to learn from collaborating. Findings show that preparing prior to collaborating improved learning, but a difference was not detected in the type of preparation. In addition, differences i...

Statistical learning has become a central theme in computational studies of intelligence, with important but largely independent developments in perceptual tasks like object recognition and in conceptual reasoning (Mitchell (1997)). Typically, the former involves clustering and regression over quantitative representations based on real linear spaces ( n R ), whereas the latter involves symbolic...

BACKGROUND Constructivist approaches to learning focus on learning environments in which students have the opportunity to construct knowledge themselves, and negotiate this knowledge with others. Discovery learning and collaborative learning are examples of learning contexts that cater for knowledge construction processes. We introduce a computer-based learning environment in which the two form...

Accepting that learning is dialogic necessitates the development of teaching and learning activities that support a learning-conversation. Further, Blended Learning requires learning technologies to support the conventional teaching settings by constructing activities that enhance, rather than simply replace, the conventional teaching settings. Just-in-Time Teaching is one such strategy that ac...