Within the new feedback paradigm, concept of student and teacher literacy is gaining more attention, with most studies focussing on what it entails how can be supported by design. This paper contributes to this, students do information. It proposes an instructional model for processes activities seeking-, making sense of-, using- responding information specific prompts all four activities. Foll...

In the last years a number of e-learning platforms and solutions evolved. In this paper we show that it is not only useful and necessary to support the student through technology supported learn approaches but also to enhance the communication between the student and the teacher by providing appropriate means and ways of bi-directional communication flows between the teacher and the student. We...

In a Reputation x Feedback × Actor type (3 X 3 X 3) design, we examined the influence of teacher feedback on children's evaluations of a hypothetical peer presented as having one of three reputations. The subjects (91 first and second graders) listened to an audiotape in which two boys described five hypothetical peers. Reputation information (liked, neutral, disliked) varied for only one of th...

this study aimed at comparing the impact of two types of teacher feedback on iranian efl learners’ writing ability and their verb tense consistency in l2 writing. following the administration of a standardized language proficiency test (preliminary english test), sixty-two participants were selected and were randomly assigned to the control (direct-only correction) and experimental (direct meta...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of teacher feedback delivered via a public address system on the off-task behavior of elementary-school physical education students. A multiple baseline design across three classes was used in this investigation. Results indicated a consistent decline in off-task behavior when the public address feedback system was used.

This paper describes two systems using embodied conversational agents (ECAs) for language learning. The first system, called Ville, is a virtual language teacher for vocabulary and pronunciation training. The second system, a dialogue system called DEAL, is a role-playing game for practicing conversational skills. Whereas DEAL acts as a conversational partner with the objective of creating and ...

the bulk of research within the interactionist framework seems to be consensually pointing to the beneficial effects of interaction in sla. however, few studies have investigated the role of training in providing and perceiving interactional feedback, especially among young learners. this study probed the effects of training prior to engagement in interaction in case of young learners acquiring...

Introduction. The most important aim of teacher evaluation by students is feedback to teachers in order to inform the negative and positive points of their lectures and manners. The aim of this study was to investigate teachers’ attitudes towards the report of their evaluation results and effective factors in assessment variation. Methods. The research was a descriptive study using a questionn...