the purpose of this paper was to see whether any significant relationship exists among efl learners’ autonomy, left/right brain dominance, and reading comprehension of the academic reading and general reading modules of ielts examination. to this end, 100 female efl learners were randomly selected from those who were attending ielts preparatory courses at a language school in tehran. all partic...

This article reports on the findings of a study that investigated the impact of manipulating task performance conditions on listening task performance by learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). The study was designed to explore the effects of changing complexity dimensions on listening task performance and to achieve two aims: to see how listening comprehension task performance was aff...

Despite initial participant enthusiasm for elearning products, severe abandonment has plagued several commercially available e-learning materials intended for autonomous usage [1]. To mitigate attrition rates and provide maximally effective instruction fostering user interest and engagement, Voxy has designed an online learning program within the Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) framework, w...

Motivation plays a key role in learning and teaching, in particular in technology enhanced learning environments. According to motivational theories, proper contingency design is an important prerequisite to motivate learners. In this paper, we demonstrate how confidence levels in an adaptive educational system can be raised using a contingency design technique. Learners that saw parts of a com...

research on l2 learners’ success at development and appropriate use of pragmatic ability and knowledge has mostly approached the issue from a cognitive or social perspective, and less attention has been devoted to the problem from the equally important emotional or individual-psychological lenses. this study sought to explore, first, the interplay between iranian advanced efl learners’ pragmati...

Research background Research conducted under the rubric of Cognitive Flexibility Theory examined learning and performance in medical education and, in particular, how people learn and understand the cardiovascular system.1,2 The research identified characteristics of learning material and performance situations that cause cognitive difficulty for learners and operators. It also determined how p...

Basics 5 Learning Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Task types and creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Further settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Accessing a learning task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Modifying a learning task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Example tasks a...

How to cite this article: Padayachee, P., Boshoff, H., Olivier, W., & Harding, A. (2011). A blended learning Grade 12 intervention using DVD technology to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics. Pythagoras, 32(1), Art. #24, 8 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ pythagoras.v32i1.24 This article describes the experiences and mathematics performance of Grade 12 learners selected to partici...