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- Title
PROMOTING ENGLISH ORAL COMMUNICATION AND HIGHER-ORDER THINKING IN TAIWANESE ESL STUDENTS THROUGH THE USE OF KNOWLEDGE VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES.
- Authors
YA-HUEI WANG; HUNG-CHANG LIAO
- Abstract
The study examined whether the students using concept mapping in a Freshman English course would improve English oral communication proficiency, higher-order thinking, and perception of abilities. A quasi-experimental design, lasting for 12 weeks, was administered to an experimental group (21 students) and a control group (20 students). The experimental group had significantly better performance on all measures. Concept mapping was effective in improving college students' English oral communication, higher-order thinking, and perception of abilities development.
- Subjects
COMMUNICATION education; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; ENGLISH as a foreign language; EXPERIMENTAL design; INTERVIEWING; STATISTICAL sampling; T-test (Statistics); THOUGHT &; thinking; VISUALIZATION; PRE-tests &; post-tests; CONCEPT mapping; EDUCATIONAL outcomes; INTER-observer reliability; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; EDUCATION
- Publication
Perceptual & Motor Skills, 2014, Vol 118, Issue 3, p691
- ISSN
0031-5125
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2466/22.23.PMS.118k25w1