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This paper aims to report the findings of a study conducted to examine if E-mail is an effective tool in enhancing EFL students' academic writing skills. The participants in this study consisted of 8 college students majoring in English as a foreign ...

This presentation discusses the outcomes of a study whose purpose was to investigate a computer-based lesson designed to test the hypothesis that learner performance could be improved by reducing participant's cognitive load. Of particular interest...

Animation is being used extensively for instructional purposes; however, it has not been found to be effective for higher order learning within the knowledge acquisition domain. The purpose of this study was to examine the instructional...

This study employed a qualitative case study approach to explore English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners' perceptions of the use of Computer-mediated Communication (CMC) to facilitate their communication skills in English. Data consisted of...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of two different types of advance organizers-visual statement and visual question in complementing animated instruction. 120 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to the control group ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the instructional effectiveness of different chunking strategies used to complement animated instruction in facilitating higher level learning tasks. 120 undergraduates were randomly assigned to two treatment ...

This paper is a report on the findings of an experimental study conducted to investigate the effect of two modes of Computer-mediated Communication (CMC), i.e. email and chat rooms on EFL learners' writing development and achievement. Ninety-six...

This paper aims to report the findings of a quasi-experimental study conducted to investigate the effect of input from native and non-native English speakers on EFL learners' writing. Eight undergraduate students enrolled in an EFL writing course is ...

This paper aims to explore the effect of newspaper English instruction in an EFL setting based on a cooperative learning strategy stemmed from Vygotskey's Zone of Proximal Development. The author proposed the production of news video clips by...

Animation has been regarded as a powerful method to deliver instruction because of its ability to gain attention and present motion. However, studies that investigate the effectiveness of animation have shown inconsistent results. This meta-analytic ...

An experimental study was designed and implemented to investigate the effect of prior knowledge (high versus low) and navigation mode (linear versus nonlinear) on students' learning from animation. Specifically, the research investigated if...

This study investigated undergraduate students' gender-specific preferences for three website interface design features, including color value (CV), major navigation buttons placement (BP), and navigation mode (NM). Two hundred and four...

This study examines four levels of learning outcomes of 204 undergraduates in learning environments featured two navigation modes (i.e. linear and non-linear) and three instruction presentation modes (i.e., text, text with static graphics, and text...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of different enhancement strategies designed specifically to facilitate students’ learning from web-based instructional visualization. It attempted to explore the effectiveness of three different...