scholarly journals Role Playing in Storytelling Classes and Its Impact on Iranian Young EFL Learners’ Narrative Writing

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Mojgan Rashtchi ◽  
Mosayeb Moradzadehb
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Narrative Writing ◽  
Writing Style ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Age Range

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of role playing in storytelling classes on Iranian young EFL learners’ narrative writing. Forty-seven pre-intermediate young EFL learners who were within the age range of 9 and 16 participated in this study. They were members of four intact classes, which consisted of two classes of boys and two classes of girls. One class of boys and one class of girls were randomly assigned to the experimental groups and the other two to control groups. The researchers used the role-playing technique for storytelling classes in the experimental groups and only reading stories aloud for storytelling classes in the control groups. After the treatment, the Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was run to compare the four groups’ improvement on narrative writing. The results signified that the use of role playing in the storytelling classes had a significant impact on the narrative writing of Iranian young EFL learners as compared to the reading stories aloud technique. Furthermore, the findings showed that using role playing in storytelling classes enhanced learners’ understanding of the narrative writing style and patterns of the target language.

scholarly journals Role Playing in Storytelling Classes and Its Impact on Iranian Young EFL Learners’ Narrative Writing

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Mojgan Rashtchi ◽  
Mosayeb Moradzadehb
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Narrative Writing ◽  
Writing Style ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Age Range

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of role playing in storytelling classes on Iranian young EFL learners’ narrative writing. Forty-seven pre-intermediate young EFL learners who were within the age range of 9 and 16 participated in this study. They were members of four intact classes, which consisted of two classes of boys and two classes of girls. One class of boys and one class of girls were randomly assigned to the experimental groups and the other two to control groups. The researchers used the role-playing technique for storytelling classes in the experimental groups and only reading stories aloud for storytelling classes in the control groups. After the treatment, the Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was run to compare the four groups’ improvement on narrative writing. The results signified that the use of role playing in the storytelling classes had a significant impact on the narrative writing of Iranian young EFL learners as compared to the reading stories aloud technique. Furthermore, the findings showed that using role playing in storytelling classes enhanced learners’ understanding of the narrative writing style and patterns of the target language.

Social Desirability as a Variable Affecting Responses on the California Psychological Inventory

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1223-1226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph A. Ellis ◽  
Dennis W. Leitner
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
The Other ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Multivariate Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Psychological Inventory ◽  
As If

This experiment was designed to show whether social desirability had a contaminating effect on any of the scales of the California Psychological Inventory or on the test as a whole. Subjects were divided into two groups, one of 10 to answer the test honestly and the other of 26 to answer its questions as if applying for a job and wanting to make a good impression. Data show that 10 of the 18 scales and the test as a whole, using multivariate analysis of variance, were not significantly contaminated by social desirability.

Relations for Children in Grades 2, 3, and 4 between Balance Skills and Academic Achievement

1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1296-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Rizzuto ◽  
Diane Knight
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Primary Grades ◽  
Achievement Scores ◽  
Multivariate Analysis Of Variance ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Reading And Mathematics

A one-way multivariate analysis of variance of the responses of 122 students enrolled in primary Grades 2, 3, and 4, with an age range of 7 to 11 years, yielded significant differences in the mean reading and mathematics academic achievement scores associated with six balance skills.

scholarly journals Can Releasing Racehorses to Paddocks be Beneficial? Heart Rate Analysis – Preliminary Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Janczarek ◽  
Witold Kędzierski ◽  
Anna Stachurska ◽  
Izabela Wilk
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multivariate Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Environment Effect ◽  
Rate Analysis ◽  
Heart Rate Analysis ◽  
Preliminary Study

Abstract The aim of the study was to assess the effect of allowing racehorses to use paddocks, on the heart rate (HR). HR was used as a measure of horses’ psychosomatic response to environment effect. The study involved 90 Purebred Arabian horses divided into three groups of equal numbers of stallions and mares. The control group (C) was trained at the racetrack. The other two groups were trained in an off-the-racetrack centre and therefore, they were regularly transported to the races. One of those groups (T) was maintained in the same manner as horses at the racetrack, without access to paddocks. Horses from the other group (TP) were additionally released into a paddock every day. Each horse was examined within five three-week measuring periods, during one training season. HR was registered at rest, during saddling, and while walking with a rider. A multivariate analysis of variance (ANOVA, GLM) was used to compare HR. The significance of differences between means was determined using Tukey’s test. HR registered from 2nd to 5th measuring periods during saddling and walking was generally lower in TP than in C. For example, in stallions during saddling, HR amounted to: 54.4±14.7 vs 65.3±12.1, 53.2±13.5 vs 64.4±13.1, 55.4±12.2 vs 65.0±11.0 and 53.4±14.0 vs 66.5±13.8 beats/min, respectively. In T stallions and mares, HR tended to increase when the transportation began which was particularly pronounced at rest. The study revealed that the possibility of turnout into paddocks reduced HR in racehorses, in comparison to horses trained at racetrack. Training for horse racing in an off-the-racetrack centre with the use of paddocks was assessed as beneficial, provided the horses were used to being transported.

The Effects of Distractible Child Behavior on Adults in a Problem-Solving Setting

1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Osborne Ianna ◽  
Daniel Hallahan ◽  
Richard Q. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Multivariate Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Adult Behavior ◽  
Educational Implications

Twenty-four women enrolled in undergraduate special education classes interacted with a child confederate while solving three tasks in one of two conditions. In one condition, the child exhibited distractible behavior; in the other the child exhibited similar skill levels but remained on task. Based on videotapes of the sessions, eleven categories of adult behavior and five categories of child behavior were coded. Analysis of the data using multivariate analysis of variance techniques supported the hypothesis that adults respond differently to particular characteristics of child behavior. Adults interacting with the confederate in the distractible condition made significantly more demands on the child's attention, provided more instruction, and more often asked the child about his performance and the demands of the task. Educational implications of the effects of child behavior on adults are discussed.

scholarly journals A Shift from a Monoglossic to a Heteroglossic View: Metalinguistic Stego- Translanguaging Lens Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-473
Author(s):  
Mohammad Awad Al-Dawoody Abdulaal
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Port Said ◽  
Experimental Group

This research study aims at replacing monoglossic approaches with a stego-translanguaging pedagogy (i.e., the indirect use of the mother tongue to enhance the target language perception and acquisition). To solve the problematic constant decline in the learners’ reading and writing IELTS scores in Port Said Language Center and to check the influence of the stego-translanguaging approach, two groups of participants were randomly chosen, an experimental group with 33 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners from different colleges in Port Said University in Egypt and a control group with 30 EFL learners. The participants in the experimental group followed a heteroglossic pedagogy, whereas the control group followed a strictly non-plurilingual monolingual approach. The results of Kruskal-Wallis test showed that the stego-translanguaging approach was much more influential in teaching IELTS reading than the monoglossic conventional approach with 1.483 as a mean difference between the two groups as (µ1=7) in the experimental group and (µ2= 5.517) in the control group. Another crucial result was displayed by a parametric test conducted to examine the significant differences between the IELTS writing posttest scores in the experimental and the control groups. The test showed that µ1 > µ2 with an estimation difference of 1.535, where µ1= 6.818 and µ2 = 5.28

Sex Differences in Internality-Externality

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1159-1164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda C. Lopez ◽  
Mark J. Staszkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Multivariate Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Future Events

Rotter's I-E Scale was administered to 48 male and 48 female undergraduates. A factor analysis yielded three dimensions of internality-externality: success in life, future events, and politics. A multivariate analysis of variance using these three factors as dependent measures yielded no sex differences when all three factors were considered simultaneously. However, women were significantly more external on the success in life dimension. No sex differences were found on the other factors. It was suggested that the slight but consistent sex differences identified in previous research may be explained in light of the multidimensional nature of the I-E Scale.

Sensory Treatment for the Reduction of Stereotypic Behaviors in Persons with Severe Multiple Disabilities

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiyotaka Iwasaki ◽  
Margo B. Holm
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Multiple Disabilities ◽  
Stereotypic Behavior ◽  
Treatment Intervention ◽  
Intervention Period ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Multisensory Stimulation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Control

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of excitatory and inhibitory multisensory stimulation for reducing instances of stereotypic behavior (STB) in a severely multiply disabled population. Thirty-six subjects were randomly assigned to three groups (excitatory stimulation, inhibitory stimulation, and control groups), and the two experimental groups received a treatment intervention for 30 days. The multisensory stimulation consisted of vestibular, tactile, auditory, and visual input designed to be either excitatory or inhibitory. STB was measured before, after, and 2 months after the intervention period. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between tests, but not between groups. Propositions are set forth and examined for factors that could have influenced the results.

scholarly journals Cooperativeness – A necessary trait for interpreters? A study on temperament and character dimensions of experts in different fields

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1385-1393
Author(s):  
Sinikka Hiltunen ◽  
Heli Mäntyranta ◽  
Ilmari Määttänen
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Expert Performance ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Temperament And Character Inventory ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Character Inventory

Aims and Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether particular temperament and personality traits are more characteristic to interpreters’ expert performance than to expert performance in other fields. Design: To these ends, the Temperament and Character Inventory by Cloninger et al. (1994) and the distractibility scale of the Revised Dimensions of Temperament Survey by Windle (1992) were used. Data and Analyses: The data was gathered from two groups of interpreters (simultaneous and consecutive) and was compared to one group of foreign language teachers and one of non-linguistic experts from different fields of society. The group size varied between 20 and 23 participants each. The analyses were carried out with multivariate analysis of variance, supplemented with Bonferroni corrected contrasts. Findings: The results seem to indicate that temperament and character traits may have different impacts on different expert groups. In this study, in comparison to the control groups of foreign language teachers and non-linguistic experts, high cooperativeness was found to be more characteristic to simultaneous and consecutive interpreters. Cooperativeness also appears to be valued by recruiters and trainers of interpreters, for instance. Originality: The study was the first one comparing interpreters’ temperament and character dimensions with those of other expert groups, such as foreign language teachers and non-linguistic experts. Significance and Limitations: Among the different temperament and personality traits, at least cooperativeness seems to have a connection to the abilities and skills needed in the profession of an interpreter. More research, however, is needed to reveal possible connections of various temperament and personality traits with expertise in different fields. In this particular case, additional studies could show whether individuals with high cooperativeness become more easily interested in such professions as interpreting, or whether the high cooperativeness is a result of more experience and expertise in interpreting.

scholarly journals Coping strategies adopted by adolescents: A comparative study in relation to gifted status, gender, and family size

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wisam Darwiesh Breik ◽  
Haidar Ibrahim Zaza
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Close Friend ◽  
The Other ◽  
Professional Support ◽  
Gifted Adolescents

This study examines differences in coping strategies (CSs) in relation to gifted status, gender, and family size. Two hundred gifted adolescents were selected from gifted schools, and 1000 non-gifted adolescents were selected from ordinary schools. One-way multivariate analysis of variance produced significant differences among the subjects in relation to gifted status, gender, and family size. Descriptive discriminant analysis revealed that the CS “Seeking Professional Support” was the most significant to distinguish between gifted and non-gifted adolescents among the selected variables (i.e. gifted status, gender, and family size). Moreover, “Investing in Close Friend” was the most significant to distinguish between the participants in relation to gender. On the other hand, “Ventilating Feelings” contributed the most in distinguishing between the subjects in relation to family size.

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