scholarly journals College Students' Experience in Online Asynchronous Peer Feedback in Writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Bethany Marie Lumabi ◽  
Rhene Tabajen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
College Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Peer Feedback ◽  
Private University ◽  
Writing Development ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Results

Writing is heavy, tedious, and difficult for college students. Likewise, writing instruction is equally arduous for teachers. The implementation of online and remote classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic becomes an opportunity for students to develop writing through their peers’ feedback. This study analyzes the college students’ experience and evaluation in online asynchronous peer feedback in writing. One hundred college students in free sections from a private university responded to an adopted, modified, and validated survey questionnaire and focus group discussions to evaluate and validate their experience in online asynchronous peer feedback in writing. The survey results underwent statistical analysis using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 20, to determine the weighted mean scores. Thus, the results revealed that the college students have a strong positive experience in online asynchronous peer-feedback in writing with the course facilitator of English language-based subjects. Though online asynchronous peer feedback in writing is an established learning approach, it is not yet maximized in all or most classes of college students. Nevertheless, the study concludes that the positive assumptions, experimentations, and explorations done in online peer feedback in writing remain valuable for college students, especially in their asynchronous writing development.

scholarly journals VOCABULARY MASTERY STRATEGIES USED BY INDONESIAN EXTENSIVE READING LEARNERS

Prominent ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Listyani Listyani ◽  
Onie Pradina
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Social Strategy ◽  
The Social

Vocabulary mastery is a key aspect of foreign language leaning. Various methods can be used to improve vocabulary mastery. This present study was conducted to find out what strategies the learners of the Extensive Reading Course used in mastering the vocabulary in an English Language Education Program (ELEP) at a private university in Central Java, Indonesia, based on the Schmitt (2000) theory. The strategies discussed in this study are the determination, metacognitive, cognitive, memory and social strategy. In this study, a qualitative research design was applied to collect the data using questionnaire with open-ended questions. There were fifty-six participants of three Extensive Reading classes for this study. The result of the study showed that the determination strategy was the most preferable. Most of the participants used that strategy to enrich their vocabulary, while the social strategy was the least used. It was found that most of ER learners used determination strategies to mastery vocabulary.

scholarly journals ESTUDIO EMPÍRICO PARA DETERMINAR EL NIVEL DE ANSIEDAD HACIA LA MATEMÁTICA EN ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS. EMPIRICAL STUDY TO MEASURE ANXIETY TOWARD MATHEMATICS ON COLLEGE STUDENTS

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arturo García Santillán ◽  
Milka Elena Escalera Chávez ◽  
Josefina Carmen Santana Villegas ◽  
Bertha Yolanda Guzmán Rivas
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
College Students ◽  
Mathematics Anxiety ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Math Anxiety ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
Para Determinar

Abstract.Mathematical knowledge is very important in the lives of people, therefore, it is necessary understand it and make good use of mathematics in everyday life. Therefore, the aim of this work is to identify whether there is a set of latent variables that allow explain the anxiety toward math on students at Instituto Tecnológico de Tuxtepec, Oaxaca. The study is quantitative; and the study sample was formed of 303 college students from several profiles of the social sciences and engineering areas. The instrument utilized, is the scale of Munoz and Mato (2007) and was applied face to face to sample of study, in order to get data that allow us measure mathematics anxiety. The results show that students consider about the exposed variables that, the most prominent variable is the anxiety toward mathematics when faced in real life situations. The results allow us to observe that the studied variables explained 81% of variance that explains the math anxiety; the remaining 19% is explained by other variables that have not been considered in this research. Hence, if the student increases their anxiety in one of those, for example toward compression of mathematical problems, other variables also increase as the results show that there is a direct relationship between them.Keywords: Anxiety, Mathematics, Attitude toward mathematics, mathematics evaluationResumen.Los conocimientos matemáticos son de suma importancia en la vida de las personas, por lo tanto en la actualidad es necesario entender y hacer buen uso de las matemáticas en la vida diaria. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar si en los alumnos del Instituto Tecnológico de Tuxtepec, existe un conjunto de variables que pueden explicar la ansiedad frente a las matemáticas. El estudio es cuantitativo, la muestra de estudio se conformó de 303 estudiantes del nivel universitario del Instituto Tecnológico de Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, de varios perfiles de ciencias sociales e ingeniería. Se utilizó el cuestionario Muñoz y Mato-Vázquez (2007), para medir la ansiedad a las matemáticas. Los resultados muestran que los estudiantes consideran que de las variables expuestas, la más preponderante es la ansiedad que les causa las matemáticas cuando se encuentran en situaciones de la vida real. Los resultados dejan ver que las variables analizadas contribuyen con el 81% a determinar la ansiedad hacia las matemáticas, el 19% restante es explicado por otras variables que no han sido consideradas en esta investigación. De ahí que, si el estudiante incrementa su ansiedad en una de ellas por ejemplo hacia la compresión de los problemas matemáticos, las otras variables también se incrementan ya que los resultados muestran que hay una relación directa entre ellas.Palabras clave: Ansiedad, Matemáticas, Actitud hacia las matemáticas, Evaluación matemática.

A Survey of the Discipline of Political Science in Iran

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-127
Author(s):  
Maryam Rutner
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
University Curricula

AbstractThis survey examines the content and purpose of the political science discipline in respect to seven prominent universities in Iran and its significance for the Iranian society. It is based on quantitative and qualitative data including personal interviews and survey results, as well as theses conducted by political science students, academic articles written by scholars in the field, and university curricula. The survey suggests that Iranian political science after the 1979 revolution addresses contemporary political problems and challenges related to Iran only to a limited extent, and is predominantly theoretical and “borrowed” in nature, despite the goal during the Cultural Revolution to indigenize and Islamicize the social sciences.

scholarly journals An Investigation of Instructors' Approaches in Teaching Pronunciation: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Bakheit Mohamed Abdelgadir Elnagar
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Language Skill ◽  
Cognitive Content ◽  
Pronunciation Instruction ◽  
The Social ◽  
English Language Institute ◽  
Teaching Pronunciation

This study aimed to investigate how instructors teach pronunciation based on the pronunciation training they received. This study involved instructors from King Abdul Aziz University, who were teaching at the English Language Institute (ELI). The data were collected through a questionnaire given to (50) instructors at (ELI). The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program. The results displayed that instructors used cognitive-content of teaching pronunciation and most of them focused on it as a valuable teaching approach. Furthermore, the findings revealed that the instructors had a constructive trend in teaching pronunciation. Most instructors pointed out that they taught pronunciation in their classes; in many cases they spent a considerable amount of time in pronunciation instruction. The lack of the pronunciation equipment and technological resources stands as a stumbling- block problem to teaching this language skill. In addition, the findings showed most of the language instructors did not receive any specific pronunciation training. Recommendations are given to provide suitable teaching pronunciation training which prepares the instructors to use powerful technology to boost teaching of this essential skill.

scholarly journals Task Based Dictation (TBD): A Means of Improving the Language Proficiency of College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-130
Author(s):  
Bethany Marie Lumabi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Quantitative Description ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Informal Interview ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Language Areas ◽  
Listening And Speaking

Purpose: This study investigates the improvement in the language proficiency of selected college students using the Task-Based Dictation in an ESL (English as a Second Language) classroom. Approach/Methodology/Design: The results of the tests scores are statistically analyzed using the measurement of central tendency. The mean is used to determine the total scores of the students in listening, writing, reading and speaking during the pre-test, TBD training, and post-test dictation. Then, each mean score is presented and interpreted using an adopted quantitative description, while the students’ outputs, the teachers’ observations during the conduct of the tests, and the informal interview and survey with college teachers validate the test results. Findings: Evidently, the scores of the college students in all the skills (listening, writing, reading, and speaking) have increased from novice in the pre-test to competent in the Task-based dictation (TBD) and post-test. Moreover, the teachers’ observations show that TBD provides opportunities for student-entered learning such as small group discussions/collaborations, peer feedback, systematic writing, critical analysis, and problem solving. Practical Implications: Through TBD, periodicals help college students develop their listening and writing skills, raise awareness on problematic language areas, and avoid biases in analyzing texts. Originality/value: Indeed, despite its limitations, this study answered the reservations of dictation in improving the English language proficiency of college students by increasing their competencies of their macro skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking).

College Males' Academic Field and Attitudes toward Women

1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1089-1090
Author(s):  
James A. Doyle ◽  
Robert Shahade
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
College Students ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Attitudes Toward Women ◽  
College Males ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
The Social ◽  
Science Group ◽  
Students Attitudes

This study investigated the relation between college males in the Social Sciences or Business Administration and their attitudes toward women's roles. Two groups each containing 40 junior or senior majors were given Spence and Helmreich's Attitudes Toward Women Scale. The Social Science group was significantly more liberal in their attitudes. Further research is suggested on college students' attitudes and their choice of study.

“Stereotype Threat” and Black College Students

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 2-4
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
College Students ◽  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Black College ◽  
Black College Students ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
The Social ◽  
Stereotype Space ◽  
The Web

This excerpt is taken from an article in the August 1999 Atlantic Monthly in which psychologist Claude M. Steele reports on his research into why capable black college students fail to perform as well as their white counterparts. The explanation, he discovered, has less to do with preparation or ability than with the threat of stereotypes about their capacity to succeed. In the article, “Thin Ice: ‘Stereotype Threat’ and Black College Students,” Steele, the Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, outlines many phases of the research, as well as specific strategies for helping students overcome the effects of the threat of stereotype. Space permits us to include a discussion of a few phases of the research only. The complete text of the article can be found on the Web at theatlantic.com .

scholarly journals Cold War Sewing Machines: Production and Consumption in 1950s China and Japan

2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 755-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Finnane
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Cold War ◽  
English Language ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Point Of Departure

With the “consumption turn” in the humanities and the social sciences, a phenomenon evident in English-language scholarship from the 1980s onward, production ceased to command the attention it had once received from historians. A recent (2012) study of the sewing machine in modern Japan by Harvard historian Andrew Gordon demonstrates the effects: what could feasibly have been published under the title “Making Machinists” was instead marketed as “Fabricating Consumers.” What does it mean to talk about consumers in 1950s Japan, a time and place of hard work, thrift, and restraint? For Gordon an important premise was the role of women in the postwar economy. This provides a point of departure from which to explore the ideologies and practices of production and consumption across the Cold War dividing line between “consumerist” and “productionist” regimes in East Asia. The Cold War was a time of sharp differences between the two societies, but also a time of shared preoccupations with productivity and national growth. In their different political contexts, Japanese and Chinese women were acting out many of the same roles.

scholarly journals Balancing Competing Needs among Stakeholders: Lessons from the Self-access Language Learning Centre (SALL) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)

2016 ◽  
pp. 46-55
Author(s):  
Kwan-yee Sarah Ng ◽  
Yang Gu
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Future Development ◽  
English Language ◽  
Private University ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
The Self ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Chinese University

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), referred to as ‘University’ or ‘CUHK(SZ)’ hereafter, is a newly established private university located in the Longgong District of Shenzhen, which is a special economic zone in the southern part of China. Its first batch of about 300 undergraduate freshmen, all majoring in Business Administration, commenced studies in September 2014. The Self-access Language Learning Centre (‘SALL’ or ‘the Centre’ hereafter), as a unit under the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS[1]), was put into trial operation from 6th March to 4th June 2015 to explore students’ needs and preferences in self-access English language learning. The purpose of this progress summary is to delineate and analyze the trial operation. It is divided into two major sections. The first section is a brief description of the 3-month trial operation and evaluation whereas the second section details recommendations for the future development of the SALL and other self-access centres also needing to address conflicting needs among stakeholders.

scholarly journals The cultural improvement theory and the social sciences’ intellectual crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 01-12
Author(s):  
Felipe Oyarzo
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Objective Method ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Thinking Processes ◽  
The Brain

The concept of culture continues to be studied from many different approaches and fields. This investigation focuses on answering the following two research questions: (1) Can cultures be improved? and (2) Should cultures be improved? Interviews were conducted with families, high school and college students and with professional adults. The cultural improvement theory is offered as a more objective method to analyse reality than the ideas suggested by the oppression theory. Most participants were not able to identify the importance of culture for a society or its possible connections to social well-being, economic development or the thinking processes of the brain. The interviews conducted with four families and the historical cases analysed in this project suggested that culture can be improved in order to facilitate social well-being and economic development.   Keywords: Culture, well-being, mentality, brain, oppression.

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