Part of the Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration 2001, the local district has implemented numerous policy changes to improve computer aided instruction— specifically, Fluency and Automaticity through instruction, computer assisted instruction, CAI, computer based instruction, CBI. languages has an efficiency, the students had Posttest scores higher than Pretest scores in...

This paper presents a competition-based active learning approach that prepares undergraduate students for careers in the drone industry. The (CBL) focuses on preparing three key industry requirements (1) assembly, testing, and validation using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts, (2) simulation of flight missions (3) manual semi-autonomous piloting. CBL curricular modules were developed Inter...

The present study aimed to examine any possible relevance of perfectionism as a personal trait variable, in moderating the effectiveness of meta-cognitive instruction on bottom-up and top-down sub-processes of listening comprehension with a sample of EFL learners in Iranian context. To this end, 94 female EFL learners were selected from among 136 EFL learners at Andisheh Language Institute in M...

One of the promises of web-based education is to help students take control of their learning pace as the basic requirement of language learning is being life-long. The purpose of the present study was to find out which of the e-tools -- weblogs, wikis, or podcasts -- can better help EFL learners excel in their writing skill. To this end, 156 Iranian sophomore students majoring in English and s...

The paradigm shift from testing the outcome to assessing the learning of process shines a light on the alternative assessment approaches, among which portfolio-assessment has sparked researchers’ interest in writing instruction. This study aimed at investigating the effect of portfolio-assessment on Iranian EFL students’ writing achievement through the process-centered approach to writi...