The research pilot presented here studied six student groups (N=30) using a CyberCollaboratory to perform the tasks necessary to complete a complex group project assignment in the asynchronous mode of communication. Each group was comprised of students from two major universities located over 500 miles apart and in different states. All students performed the task over a period of approximately...

Premise This Expression of Interest is supported by the Monet2 Network of Excellence (Model Based Systems and Qualitative ReasoningEU Project Number IST-33540.) and has been produced by the Automotive Task Group of the Network. The proposal is the result of a discussion involving expert representatives from several automotive manufactures and suppliers (e.g.: Actia, Audi, BMW, Centro Ricerche F...

Task-based language teaching, which requires learners to transact tasks resembling their real life language needs, demands language learners to perform planning at different stages of their learning. Since various types of tasks can be used in task-based instruction, the present study examined the effect of task types and various participatory structures during pre-task planning on the quality ...

Objectives: Wheelchairs are the prime mobility aid of persons with spinal cord injuries. Manual wheelchair propulsion puts a lot of demand on the cardiopulmonary as well as the skeletal system. The main purpose of the study was to compare the effects of both arm ergometry training and progressive resistance exercise training of upper limbs on resting heart rate and distance covered during wheel...

This study was aimed to compare long-term effects of collaborative and individual task planning on Persian-speaking EFL learners’ writing performance, using Brown and Bailey’s (1985) rating scale. Therefore, a group of 90 upper-intermediate EFL learners in collaborative task planning, individual task planning, and control groups took part in the study. In the experimental groups, the participan...

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...

Today’s challenges, such as climate change, require developing geographical literacy, which includes discussion and argumentation around scientific results. One important method competency is comparison. However, learning methods, comparison, can be a challenge for students if they rarely solve open tasks that do not simple answers. In this study, we analysed group discussions took place during...