over the recent years, the study of language learning strategies has received much attention worldwide in general, and in iran in particular. many scholars have tried to investigate the function of language learning strategies in efl learning and teaching. not enough attention, however, has been paid to language skills, especially speaking skill, in iran. therefore, the present study aimed at s...

This study explored the influence of creativity and learning attitude through game-based learning. The subjects were sixth grade elementary school students, a logical thinking game was developed to stimulate students’ interests. A questionnaire survey conducted on 121 result shows that has significant positive effect their problem-solving ability. In addition, Moreover, elicited direct verified...

Directed motivational current (DMC) ̶ as a novel strand in L2 motivational field ̶ is a robust motivational drive fueled by a highly valued goal and capable of stimulating and sustaining long-term behavior. The present study explored English as a foreign language students’ Directed Motivational Currents by validating the dynamic web-based Persian version of the scale, finding the most crucial mot...

vs. Contextualized Representations During our initial team discussions, the engineering subject matter expert (SME) brought to our attention the fact that engineering textbooks at the college level typically represent engineering content in abstract form, that is, with generic symbols (Moore, Miller, Lesh, Stohlmann, & Kim, 2013; Nathan et al., 2013). The rest of the team was surprised to learn...

This article makes two contributions to culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy for English learners (ELs). First, we argue the value of expanding cultural responsiveness include an intercultural framing that not only cultivates ELs’ pride in their multicultural heritage, but also fosters identities capacities as global citizens. Second, make a case foregrounding student agency necess...

This descriptive study aimed to determine the level of reading comprehension among 323 randomly selected Grade 11 learners from academic and TVL tracks Estancia National High School, through use a researcher-made instrument which had undergone validity reliability test. Result revealed that when taken as an entire group, females, track learners, those with post graduate parents were “good” in l...

This study explores the relationships between students’ perceptions of their teachers’ and parents’ attitudes toward them as learners mathematics related to learning through path analysis. Data was collected from 1,960 7th-grade students enrolled in 19 public elementary schools a city Turkey. Results revealed that, mothers, fathers, teachers, confidence mathematics, view usefulness importance w...