Pilot Study on the Feasibility and Indicator Effects of Collaborative Online Projects on Science Learning for English Learners

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima E. Terrazas-Arellanes ◽  
Carolyn Knox ◽  
Emily Walden
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Academic English ◽  
Science Knowledge ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Constructivist Approaches ◽  
New Strategies

The 2006 National Science Board called for new strategies and instructional materials for teachers to better serve English Learners' (EL) needs. Bilingual Collaborative Online Projects in science were created to assist ELs' construction of science knowledge, facilitate academic English acquisition, and improve science learning. Two bilingual Collaborative Online Project units in science are freely available on an instructional website: the Let's Help Our Environment and the What Your Body Needs units. These projects combine two constructivist approaches, Project-Based Learning and the Cognitive-Affective Theory of Learning with Media, for the teaching of science embedded in culturally and linguistically relevant instruction. This study hypothesizes that Collaborative Online Projects will assist ELs' construction of science knowledge and facilitate academic English. Results of a pre-/post-test design pilot study (N=136) showed statistically significant differences for both tested science units. Teachers also reported that the Collaborative Online Projects were an effective method of online science instruction.

English Language Learners' Online Science Learning

2015 ◽  
pp. 1133-1158
Author(s):  
Fatima E. Terrazas-Arellanes ◽  
Carolyn Knox ◽  
Carmen Rivas ◽  
Emily Walden
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Science Content ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Hispanic Origin ◽  
Constructivist Approaches

English Learners may struggle when learning science if their cultural and linguistic needs are unmet. The Collaborative Online Projects for English Language Learners in Science project was created to assist English learners' construction of science knowledge, facilitate academic English acquisition, and improve science learning. The project is a freely available, online project-based, bilingual instructional website designed for English learners of Hispanic origin. The project website contains two units: Let's Help Our Environment and What Your Body Needs. To create these collaborative online projects, two constructivist approaches were combined: The Cognitive-Affective Theory of Learning with Media and Project-Based Learning. These approaches to science education were used as the basis for culturally and linguistically relevant science instruction, which was delivered within a collaborative, online instructional platform. Using a case study design, two teachers demonstrated implementation of the project with fidelity, and students showed statistically significant gains in science content assessments. The Collaborative Online Projects for English Language Learners in Science project provides educators with a strong model for creating instructional materials that support English learners' science learning by combining culturally-relevant, constructivist, collaborative projects using online, multimedia technology.

English Language Learners’ Online Science Learning

2014 ◽  
pp. 322-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima E. Terrazas-Arellanes ◽  
Carolyn Knox ◽  
Carmen Rivas ◽  
Emily Walden
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Science Content ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Hispanic Origin ◽  
Constructivist Approaches

English Learners may struggle when learning science if their cultural and linguistic needs are unmet. The Collaborative Online Projects for English Language Learners in Science project was created to assist English learners’ construction of science knowledge, facilitate academic English acquisition, and improve science learning. The project is a freely available, online project-based, bilingual instructional website designed for English learners of Hispanic origin. The project website contains two units: Let’s Help Our Environment and What Your Body Needs. To create these collaborative online projects, two constructivist approaches were combined: The Cognitive-Affective Theory of Learning with Media and Project-Based Learning. These approaches to science education were used as the basis for culturally and linguistically relevant science instruction, which was delivered within a collaborative, online instructional platform. Using a case study design, two teachers demonstrated implementation of the project with fidelity, and students showed statistically significant gains in science content assessments. The Collaborative Online Projects for English Language Learners in Science project provides educators with a strong model for creating instructional materials that support English learners’ science learning by combining culturally-relevant, constructivist, collaborative projects using online, multimedia technology.

PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN METODE PROJECT BASED LEARNING (PjBL) DAN PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (PBL) TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS MAHASISWA (Studi Eksperimen Pada Mata Kuliah Kewirausahaan Tingkat II Tahun Akademik 2014/2015 Program Studi Pendidikan Ekonomi FKIP Universitas Kuningan)

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeyen Suryani ◽  
Sri Mulyati
Keyword(s):  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Post Test

Masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah rendahnya kemampuan berpikir kritis mahasiswa pada mata kuliah kewirausahaan tingkat II di Program Studi Pendidikan Ekonomi FKIP Universitas Kuningan. Rendahnya kemampuan berpikir kritis tersebut ditunjukkan dengan masih banyaknya mahasiswa yang hanya menguasai salah satu aspek pembelajaran pada ruang lingkup kemampuan berpikir tingkat rendah yaitu berkisar pada aspek mengingat atau menghafal. Selain itu, makalah atau tugas-tugas yang dibuat mahasiswa kebanyakan hanya copy paste dari modul atau buku yang sudah ada dan jarang sekali menggambarkan hasil pemikiran mahasiswa sendiri sebagai indikator kemampuan mahasiswa dalam berpikir kritis. Kebanyakan mahasiswa juga masih merasa kesulitan mengaitkan konsep dengan kondisi yang ada di lingkungan nyata. Kondisi semacam ini terjadi akibat dari proses perkuliahan yang hanya berjalan satu arah. Dengan banyak permasalahan-permasalahan yang muncul, perlu adanya pembaharuan di lingkungan pendidikan yang mengarahkan pembelajaran agar mahasiswa memiliki kemampuan berpikir kritis.Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan perbedaan kemampuan berpikir kritis mahasiswa pada pengukuran akhir (post-test), dan mendeskripsikan perbedaan peningkatan (gain) kemampuan berpikir kritis mahasiswa antara kelas eksperimen yang menggunakan metode PjBL dan kelas kontrol yang menggunakan metode PBL.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak terdapat perbedaan pada� pretest antara kelas eksperimen yang menggunakan metode PjBL dengan kelas kontrol yang menggunakan metode PBL. Sedangkan setelah pembelajaran terdapat perbedaan hasil posttest kemampuan berpikir kritis mahasiswa antara kelas eksperimen dengan kelas kontrol. Adapun terdapat perbedaan peningkatan kemampuan berpikir kritis mahasiswa antara kelas eksperimen yang menggunakan metode PjBL dengan kelas kontrol yang menggunakan metode PBL dapat dilihat dari nilai gain kelas eksperimen sebesar 0,65 dan kelas kontrol sebesar 0,60. Dari bukti diatas, dapat disimpulkan bahwa kedua metode tersebut yaitu PjBL dan PBL dapat dijadikan sebagai salah satu alternatif bagi dosen untuk meningkatkan dan mengembangkan kemampuan berpikir kritis mahasiswa.

Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Problem Based Learning dan Gaya Kognitif Terhadap Hasil Belajar IPA Siswa di Kelas VII MTSN 2 Tanjung Jabung Timur

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Sartika Sepriyani ◽  
Rayandra Asyhar ◽  
Asrial Asrial
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

The ability to solve problems is a skill that students need to have in dealing with various problems in life. This study aims to determine the effect of problem based learning models; cognitive styles and interaction between both factors on science learning outcomes of students in class VII of MTs 2 Tanjung Jabung Timur in academic year 2015/2016. This research was conducted with a quasi-experimental research method by applying a 2 × 2 factorial design. The study sample consisted of an experimental class of 30 students and a control class of 29 students. Data collection was conducted using two types of instruments, namely the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) to measure students cognitive styles and students' learning outcomes test in essay forms. The Problem Based Learning model affect the learning outcomes, there is significant difference in science learning outcomes between students who have Cognitive field dependent (FD) style that is taught by the Problem Based Learning model and students who have Cognitive FD style that is taught by conventional learning models. The results show that the value of the experimental class post-test is higher than that of the control class. In short, the experimental class with the application of the Problem Based Learning model in the learning process provides higher learning outcomes than that of the conventional models.

Instruction of Nominalization by Applying Enabling of POA

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-358
Author(s):  
Hao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Academic English ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Learning Journals ◽  
English Majors ◽  
Chinese English Learners ◽  
Oriented Approach

AbstractIt is noticeable that the academic papers written by Chinese English learners are lacking in academic features largely due to their poor ability to use nominalization. Therefore, the instruction of nominalization in an academic English writing course is badly needed. The author conducted one-semester-long instruction of nominalization to 90 non-English majors under the guidance of the production-oriented approach (POA). This research demonstrated how to apply POA, specifically, the enabling procedure to the teaching of nominalization. By triangulating the data of students’ interviews, learning journals and written output, and the data of 4 teachers’ class observations and interviews, this study found that the accurate application of the three criteria of effective enabling contributed to the improvement of the quantity and quality of nominalization in academic writing.

Effects of task complexity on the learning of genre specific rhetorical moves and linguistic forms: the case of contrast and argumentative essays

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Pia Gomez Laich ◽  
Naoko Taguchi
Keyword(s):  
English Learners ◽  
Task Complexity ◽  
Private University ◽  
Task Group ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Simple Task ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Argumentative Essays

Abstract This study investigates whether task complexity improves L2 English learners’ ability to write contrast and argumentative essays as measured by the use of rhetorical moves and linguistic forms characteristic of these essays. The participants were 62 students in an undergraduate-level composition class in a private university in the U.S. The study involved a first phase that targeted contrast writing and a second phase that targeted argumentative writing. In both phases, students were assigned randomly to a simple or complex task group and wrote an essay in dyads. In terms of rhetorical moves, the complex task group outperformed the simple task group in the immediate and delayed post-test of contrast essays. For argumentative essays, this superiority of the complex group was only found in the immediate post-test. As per linguistic forms, the complex task group outperformed the simple task group in the immediate and delayed post-test of both contrast and argumentative essays.

UTILIZING GRAPHIC ORGANIZER STRATEGY IN TEACHING WRITING ON NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-204
Author(s):  
Nurjannah Nurjannah ◽  
Taufiq Hidayah ◽  
Muhammad Nazar
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Result ◽  
T Test ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Graphic Organizer ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

This research is entitled “Using graphic organizer strategy in teaching writing on narrative paragraph (experimental research). Writing is a very important subject that should be learned by English learners. The students should be able to express their ideas and opinion either in the form of a sentence or paragraph. However, the researcher found that many students at the Second Grade Students of SMP Negeri 1 Tanah Luas could not express their ideas and develop into the paragraph. Hence, the appropriate strategy of teaching and learning is very important to help students master writing skills. This research aims to know the effect of achievement between the students who are taught writing by using graphic organizers from those taught writing in the narrative by using traditional methods. This research was experimental research and used a quasi-experimental design. The samples chosen in this research were the whole students of class VIII2 and VIII4 of SMPN 1 Tanah Luas. Class VIII2 consisted of 25 students was chosen as experimental group and class VIII4 consisted of 24 students was chosen as control group. This research was conducted in three phrases; there were pre-test, treatments and post-test. The data collection technique used in this research was test. The tests were pre-test and post-test. The researcher gave pre-test before giving treatment and post-test after giving treatment. The treatment was conducted in three meetings. The data was analyzed by using t-test formula. The research result and the hypothesis authentication found by using t-test formula in significant level 5% or α = 0.05 were obtained that ttest > ttable. The ttest found in this research was 3.91. Meanwhile, ttable was gotten from the list of distribution value with degree of freedom = 47, because the data not in the table, the researcher used interpolation approach and obtained = 1.67. So >  = 3.91 > 1.67. It meant that Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected. So, graphic organizer strategy significantly affects the students’ ability in mastering writing.   Kata Kunci: graphic organizer strategy, teaching and learning, writing narrative paragraph

Motivational Analyses on the Effects of Type of Instructional Control on Learning from Computer-Based Instruction

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Chil Yang ◽  
Wee-Kyo Chin
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategies ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Program Control ◽  
Computer Based Instruction ◽  
Instructional Control ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Based Instruction

The purpose of this study was to analyze motivational effects of type of instructional control on learning from computer-based instruction, according to Keller's ARCS model of motivational design. Forty-eight sixth graders were randomly assigned to either learner or program control groups. Instructional materials were computer-based instructional programs for teaching four concepts utilized in advertisement propaganda techniques. The post-test with fifteen items for learning and Instructional Motivation Measurement Survey with thirty-six statements for motivation were used. The results showed that the group under program control performed better on the post-test than the group under learner control, but there was not a significant difference in Keller's ARCS motivational factors between two groups. Regardless of type of instructional control, however, the level of satisfaction among the factors was higher than that of confidence in the instruction. Such results suggest that ARCS motivational factors in designing effective instructional control strategies can be considered.

scholarly journals UPAYA MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA KELAS V MATA PELAJARAN IPA MATERI EKOSISTEM DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN DISCOVERY LEARNING

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Dwi Purnomo ◽  
Zuchrotus Salamah
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Mastery Learning ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Discovery Learning ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test

This research is based on the problem of the low student learning outcomes in science learning at Muhammadiyah Elementary School Klepu, Sleman Regency. The teacher still uses a conventional learning model so that the learning atmosphere becomes rigid and ultimately makes student learning outcomes lower. Therefore the teacher seeks to use the Discovery Learning learning model to create an interesting and enjoyable learning atmosphere. This study aims to improve learning outcomes of science through the Discovery Learning learning model in fifth grade students of SD Muhammadiyah Klepu Sleman Regency Academic Year 2018/2019. This type of research is classroom action research. This research was conducted in 2 cycles. This research was conducted on fifth grade students of SD Muhammadiyah Klepu Sleman Regency. Data was collected using observation sheets and test questions. The data analysis technique in this study is descriptive analysis. The results of this study indicate that learning through the Discovery Learning learning model can improve student science learning outcomes. The average value of post-test Cycle I is 62.2 and the percentage of mastery learning is 9.5%. In the second cycle the average score of the post-test increased to 80.91 and the percentage of mastery learning was 76.2%. Based on data obtained from the study, it can be concluded that learning through the Discovery Learning learning model can improve student learning outcomes.

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