Considering the paramount importance of writing logical arguments for college students, this study investigated the effect of dynamic assessment (DA) of Toulmin model through teacher- and collective-scaffolding on argument structure and overall quality of argumentative essays of Iranian EFL university learners. In so doing, 45 male and female Iranian EFL learners taking part in the study were r...

Despite its growing popularity, school-based management is seldom evaluated systematically with respect to its impact on student performance. This study examines the impact of the current school autonomy reform in Nicaragua on learning within an educational production function approach. Results show that autonomous public schools are indeed making more decisions about pedagogical and administra...

This  paper  describes  how  English  as  a  Foreign  Language  (EFL)  teachers  can  bring  reliable, valid, user-friendly assessment into their classrooms, and thus improve the quality of learning that  occurs  there.  Based  on  the  experience  of  the  author  as  a  an  EFL  teacher  and  teacher-trainer, it is suggested that the promotion and development of autonomy, intrinsic motivation...

Utilizing the job demand-resource theoretical framework, this study expands on previous research by examining role of teacher workloads in relationship between teachers’ resources and well-being. The used data from Taiwanese lower secondary school teachers TALIS 2018 survey conducted a structural equation modeling analysis. results showed that training preparedness had direct positive effect we...

In this paper, we present the first application of demonstration learning to more than two robots and perform an analysis of the scalability of the Confidence-Based Autonomy (CBA) multi-robot demonstration learning algorithm. Through experimental evaluation using up to seven Sony AIBO robots, we examine how the number of robots being taught by a human teacher at the same time affects the number...