CONTEXT Narrative feedback documented in performance evaluations by the teacher, i.e. the clinical supervisor, is generally accepted to be essential for workplace learning. Many studies have examined factors of influence on the usage of mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) instruments and provision of feedback, but little is known about how these factors influence teachers' feedback-giv...

Traditionally, students can undergo performance training by imitating teachers’ motions and improving their moves by following teachers’ advice. However, teachers are not always available and there is a lack of effective self-training tools. In this paper, we propose an immersive performance training system with motion capture technology. Our aim is to provide a virtual training environment for...

This study aimed at investigating the effect of using wikis to develop prospective English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' writing performance. The participants were fourth year prospective EFL teachers at Suez Faculty of Education in Egypt. Thirty prospective EFL teachers participated in each of the experimental and control groups. Both groups were pre-tested by using the Writing Perform...

We explore the potential of dilemma analysis as an assessment tool to reveal student teachers thinking and concerns about their practice. For this purpose we analyze the dilemma analyses completed by 22 student teachers enrolled in our science teacher preparation program over a period of four semesters. Student teachers dilemmas fall into two main groups: dilemmas about student performance and ...

This study examined the effects of an innovative comprehensive writing program in upper primary education on students’ writing performance and on teachers ́ classroom practices, beliefs and skills. The program focused on the communicative nature of writing, on writing as a process, and on explicit teaching of five genre-specific writing strategies. It was implemented by 43 teachers in their regu...

The paper reports the results of an experiment in second-language speech that provides further evidence for the view that syllable onsets and codas are asymmetric, and for the view that English proficiency affects Japanese listeners’ speech perception performance. When two groups of Japanese listeners (Japanese college students and Japanese teachers of English) were asked to count syllables in ...