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The popularity of mobile devices and the opportunity to learn regardless of time and place make mobile learning an important method in lifelong learning. However, acceptance of mobile learning by learners is crucial to the success of mobile learning. The objective of this study is to investigate main determinants of mobile learning acceptance in higher education in China. Based on the unified theory...
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the cultural factors on the acquisition of second language from the subjects, selected from registered students in university of science and technology. The subjects in this study were selected from the registered students in English learning courses in university of science and technology. Sixty-nine (69) undergraduates were made up two in-tact...
The propose of this research was to classify the English as a foreign language (EFL) learners based on their performance on the reading test. Three levels of reading comprehension are customarily defined: (1) Factual level or Reading the lines, (2) Interpretive level or Reading between the lines, and (3) Evaluative level or Reading beyond the lines. Further analyzing and synthesizing factors underlying...
In the last decades, education has been supported by technology in order to reach more people and produce significant benefits to teaching and learning. Part of the success of technology and education is due to the capacity technology can adapt teaching and learning to different contexts. More recently, we noticed an increase in the use of game elements (gamification) in educational environments,...
For better understanding of the identification difficulties in Japanese geminate/singleton consonants for second language (L2) learners, a perceptual factor is newly introduced to supply the insufficiencies of conventional explanations solely using acoustic duration differences. To systematically explain speech-rate related serious errors of geminate/singleton identification in fast/slow speech, loudness...
This paper investigates how different individual and institutional factors pertaining to ICT readiness influence teachers' adoption of game-based learning technologies. The data were gathered from Finnish primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school teachers (N=1668) with an online survey. The results indicate that openness towards ICT, ICT attitude and the ICT compatibility with teaching positively...
Students seeking enrolment into the bachelor of engineering at Victoria University of Wellington are required to gain a B average across their first year engineering papers in order to gain entry into second year. We explore longitudinal historical data in order to predict student progress using their grades from the end of the first trimester. We find that a simple classifier based on the number...
Deception in online content is not uncommon. This research focuses on investigating deception in the context of online-Islamic content. Previous studies have shown that some of the online content claiming to be about Islamic values, ethics and ideology is in fact aimed at deceiving people about the truth of Islamic ideologies, values and ethics. Through content analysis, several websites with Islamic...
The significance of expectation disconfirmation has been widely recognized in the field of service recovery by both managers and researchers. However, there are limited studies of the driving mechanisms of expectation disconfirmation in e-service recovery. This paper empirically explores the moderating roles of some situational factors such as perceived risk, shopping experience and education on the...
The study investigates the effects of developing students' argumentation skills in traditional classroom learning context and on-line learning environment in two classes comprising 21- to 23-year-old university students in China. The results tentatively indicate that the short term study intervention helped students to promote their argumentation skills in both learning environments. But different...
Correlation of anxiety and motivation was studied by means of questionnaire. The results show that inner interest motivation and effort intensity are significantly and negatively correlated with anxiety while achievement motivation. Learning context motivation is significantly and positively correlated with anxiety. Pedagogic implications are given according to the findings of study, like developing...
The use of blogs in educational contexts has been gaining popularity in recent years. While there are many case studies already available, few have been investigating the relationship between students' learning styles and their blogging behavior. In this paper, we use the Felder-Silverman learning style model to empirically analyze effects on blogging behavior in an undergraduate computer science...
Project-based learning, a constructivist teaching method, is gaining in popularity in language classrooms. This paper explores the influence of project-based learning on the deep approach of learning among language learners. Through an empirical study combining qualitative and quantitative research methods, it is revealed that project-based learning has a positive effect on the deep motivation and...
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