This  paper  describes  how  English  as  a  Foreign  Language  (EFL)  teachers  can  bring  reliable, valid, user-friendly assessment into their classrooms, and thus improve the quality of learning that  occurs  there.  Based  on  the  experience  of  the  author  as  a  an  EFL  teacher  and  teacher-trainer, it is suggested that the promotion and development of autonomy, intrinsic motivation...

Research has shown that teachers’ autonomy support and provision of structure relate to students’ agentic behavioral engagement. Moreover, engagement elicits higher teacher sup...

The use of open problem-solving tasks in mathematics education challenges teachers’ beliefs, knowledge and practices. This article examines the practices two primary teachers their 3rd to 5th grade classes during a three-year in-service teacher training project aiming increase mathematical class. Three lesson videos interviews with each were used provide data for this study. results show how di...

This study aims to investigate the predictive power of teachers’ perceptions autonomy on term grade high school students and differences in terms type field instruction. The groups this research, which was carried out with a design survey among quantitative research methods, included 230 teachers working state schools affiliated Turkish Ministry National Education Battalgazi Yeşilyurt Malatya P...

Introduction This survey review considers seven recent publications relating to autonomy in language learning. For the purpose of this review, they have been grouped into three categories, as follows: 1) Collections of articles about autonomy in language learning, and research studies in the field 2) Books intended as practical guides on implementing specific aspects of autonomy in language lea...

Concerns about a lack of face-to-face contact with students, a focus on grading rather than teaching, and limited expertise with technology or needed pedagogical strategies, may contribute to instructor reluctance to teach online. The interaction between the instructor and learner and among learners affects the quality and success of online learning, and the learner’s ability to master the outc...

This paper presents IWA, a platform to aid children when learning how to write. The proposed system offers both tutor and child a certain degree of autonomy. IWA provides tutor and child with different interfaces. The features available to the tutor allow the definition and configuration of repetition exercises comprising letters, numerals and freeform gestures. The child interface supports the...

The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between perceived teacher autonomy support (PAS) and student engagement (SE), as well mediating role learning motivation (LM) moderating class climate (CC) among 1517 college students in Chinese universities. Survey questionnaires were used gathering data, findings revealed that: (1) PAS had a significant positive impact on SE (B=0.966, p...