AU - Desouky, Elham Sweilam
AB - This study aimed at examining the impact of utilizing e-portfolio on improving Civil Engineering Students’ Technical Report Writing course and their attitude towards it in the Faculty of Engineering, Delta University in Egypt. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted. The participants were 60 civil engineering students (who had registered Technical Report Writing1, spring semester 2017). They were divided into two equal groups; an experimental group (N=30) and control group (N=30). The two groups were taught by the researcher himself, by applying traditional classroom instruction for control group, whereas the experimental group received treatment (e-portfolio assessment). The tools for data collection were report writing test and a questionnaire to investigate the students' attitudes towards the treatment. The test and questionnaire scores were analyzed using independent sample t-test, and pair samples t-test. The findings revealed that there is a difference in technical writing skills improvement for the experimental group. There was also evident change in the attitudes of the experimental group members towards the course. Some pedagogical implications were stated, as e- portfolio is a vital tool for writing evaluation. Thus, it should be employed in ESP assessment as an alternative along with traditional one to develop the process of writing. (Published abstract) http://search.shamaa.org/abstract_en.gif
AB - جمعت الدراسة الحالية اختبارات التفوق والتكافؤ التقليدية للتحقيق في تأثير استخدام تقنية تتبع العين والتفكير بصوت عال لمساعدة المتعلمين على معرفة وفهم معنى الكلمات الإنجليزية في قراءة النصوص. استخدمت هذه الدراسة اختبارات مكافئة، والتي من المفترض أن تكون أكثر ملاءمة لإشراك المتعلمين غير المتفاعلين. تم اختيار مستويات عالية من متعلمي اللغة الإنجليزية لقراءة النصوص القصيرة التي تحتوي على كلمات زائفة. قسم المشاركين إلى ثلاث مجموعات: مجموعتان تجريبية (أي تتبع العين والتفكير بصوت عال)، ومجموعة مراقبة واحدة. وكشفت النتائج أن أيا من المجموعتين التجريبية لم تظهر أداءا قويا عند فهم معنى الكلمات الإنجليزية والتعرف عليها. ومع ذلك، كان التفكير بصوت عال أفضل إلى حد ما على النقيض من تتبع العين. (الملخص المنشور)
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OP - pp. 47-80 that is 464-497
T1 - The effect of using eye tracking and thinking : a loud technique to assist foreign language learners to recognize and understand the meaning of English words in reading texts [Article]
UL - https://jfees.journals.ekb.eg/article_83366_a4dc358043edf2a499f26a34cd9d10d6.pdf Full text (PDF) 1 http://search.shamaa.org/fulltext.gif