This study applied design research in designing a mobile-device-supported interactive writing platform (ePoetry Zone, ePZ) for elementary EFL learners in collaborative creation. In the first iteration essential supports needed in interactive writing were identified and became the design foundation of the mobile interactive writing platform (ePZ). In the second iteration, ePZ was developed and t...

A teaching approach is introduced to supplement regular classroom teaching in elementary physics through an eLearning module. The approach aims to promote a multimodal learning in the field of sports biomechanics based on the benefits of a multimedial learning environment. This paper outlines the basic structure and a first step towards an evaluation of the given eLearning units when being used...

Memorizing the whole set of graphemes is generally accepted as the first step of learning a phonogramic language. However, it is demanding for L2 learners to familiarize the whole inventory of graphemes in advance if the language has a relatively large inventory size. We propose that learning a subset of graphemes would largely enhance the learning efficiency by reducing the memory burden. With...

This article draws an analogy between prime and irrational numbers with respect to how these numbers are defined and how they are perceived by learners. Excerpts are presented from two research studies: a study on understanding prime numbers by pre-service elementary school teachers and a study on understanding irrational numbers by pre-service secondary school teachers. Considering the results...

This study examines the effect of Form-Focused Instruction (FFI) on the learning of weak forms in L2 pronunciation pedagogy. FFI treatment was designed to encourage learners to notice the gap of the target pronunciation, negotiate its phonetic form, and correct the output by themselves. Results of the treatment were compared with the non-FFI treatment involving sixty elementary to low intermedi...

With the development of wireless technology, many handheld computers provide the learners with platform and resources to interact, collaborate, and share ubiquitously. The purpose of this research is to explore the potential application of mobile technologies in supporting elementary students' learning in the field trip. By recording the path of traversing, the GPS and GIS offer hyperlinked to ...

1 Introduction Many elementary and secondary school EFL teachers in Slovenia believe that teaching intonation is useless as it can hardly ever be faulty. The remaining few believe that it is enough to equip the learners with a set of very general rules explaining which pitch movements are used in which types of grammatical and syntactic structures (e.g. rising intonation in questions). Such sim...

Recent research in cognitive and developmental neuroscience is providing a new approach to the understanding of dyscalculia that emphasizes a core deficit in understanding sets and their numerosities, which is fundamental to all aspects of elementary school mathematics. The neural bases of numerosity processing have been investigated in structural and functional neuroimaging studies of adults a...

at the pre-test stage, one of the important stages in language testing, items of the test are given to some language learners who are at same level as the target test takers, and through the statistical analysis of their responses, the information such as item facility and item discrimination are gained. also, unreliable and problematic items are distinguished and amended. this research tries t...