User-generated contents (UGC) such as online reviews are inherently incomplete since we do not capture the opinions of users who do not write a review. These silent users may have systematically different online experiences than those who speak up. These differences can be driven by users‟ differing sentiments towards their online experiences as well as their disposition to generate UGC. Indisc...

The objective of this study was to develop an online report writing activity that was a constructive and cooperative learning process for a course on traditional general physics experiments. Wiki, a CMC authoring tool, was used to construct the writing platform. Fifty-eight undergraduate students (33 men and 25 women), working in randomly assigned groups of 2 to 3 members, participated in this ...

This study intended to investigate the interplay of critical thinking explicit instruction, academic writing performance, critical thinking ability, and critical thinking dispositions of Iranian students. To this end, 140 students of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences (73 males and 67 females) were selected. They were divided into the experimental and control groups. Both groups received ins...

Using the descriptive-correlational approach, researchers sought to establish a connection between writing anxiety and performance of Grade 11 students at Centro Escolar Integrated School in Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines. The results showed that majority respondents experience “moderate” level psychological symptoms while experiencing “lack focus,” “fear failure” which has highest weighted aver...

Writing is an important aspect in language teaching and learning in which teacher should continue developing some techniques in teaching writing so that students can improve and master their writing ability. Alwasilah (2001:37) states that the responsibility for developing a specific or a professional writing skill is in school hands. While Heaton (1998:138) supports the importance of writing b...

We present our recent developments in direct-UV-written integrated optical devices, based on applications in telecommunications, material characterisation, and optical sensing. The inherent advantages of this channel definition technique over traditional etching based approaches are reiterated and demonstrated in the production of small angle, low loss X-couplers with negligible polarisation de...

Today, spelling and grammar checkers are integrated into modern word processing environments. In some contexts of writing however, these components are not sufficient. In companies that write technical documentation, or when writing a research paper for a specific scientific community, style guides that can only be found in handbooks need to be followed. If such rules are to be implemented in a...