The present study examined the utility of two forms of measurement of intrinsic motivation in increasing the predictive validity of the theory of planned behaviour. Self-report questionnaires were administered to school pupils (n1⁄4 174), University students (n1⁄4 129) and adults (n1⁄4 157). The data were analysed using confirmatory factor analysis and regression analysis. Confirmatory analysis...

BACKGROUND Jumping and landing tasks that have a change in direction have been implicated as a mechanism of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury. Yet, to date, neuromuscular and biomechanical research has focused primarily on straight landing tasks during planned jumps. HYPOTHESIS Lateral and reactive jumps increase the neuromuscular and biomechanical demands placed on the anterior cr...

Teacher-students’ and students-students’ interactions are of significant importance in foreign language teaching and learning. It is argued that interactions between teachers and students facilitate language development and lead to better language learning. The present study is an attempt to investigate the effect of two teaching approaches: 1. Task-Based Instruction (TBI) and 2. Form-Focused I...

This paper investigates the effectiveness of concordance-based material for an EFL problem—misordering in expressions of measurement. A specifically designed preand posttest is developed for testing Thai students’ ability to use the expression. The sample comprises four groups of university students in their first and second years (two groups each). One first year group and one sophomore group ...

in this study, the researchers investigated a critical aspect of efl/esl writing pedagogy-the impact of teacher written commentary on student writer’s earlier drafts. compositions of 80 iranian undergraduate english majors were commented on using a trio of imperatives, statements, and questions on both content and form. overall, the results indicated that the comments in the imperative form hel...

Thanks to this scholarship, I was able to visit the laboratory of Prof. Thomas Brand, Chair in Developmental Dynamics in the aforementioned host institute. This visit was divided in two parts. Initially, I visited the laboratory of Dr. Brand for three days in September 2015. During this visit, Dr. Brand showed me his laboratory and gave me an update on his line of research on the Popeye domain-...