ERIC Number: EJ1132041
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
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Enhancing Learning Performance, Attention, and Meditation Using a Speech-to-Text Recognition Application: Evidence from Multiple Data Sources
Shadiev, Rustam; Wu, Ting-Ting; Huang, Yueh-Min
Interactive Learning Environments, v25 n2 p249-261 2017
In this study, we provide STR-texts to non-native English speaking students during English lectures to facilitate learning, attention, and meditation. We carry out an experiment to test the feasibility of our approach. Our results show that the participants in the experimental group both outperform those in the control group on the post-tests and have higher attention and meditation. In addition, our results demonstrate that lower ability students who used STR-texts had higher learning performance, attention, and meditation than lower ability students in the control group. The results also show that attention and meditation are dynamic and change throughout the lectures. Furthermore, we found that attention trendlines have a negative slope, whereas meditation trendlines have a positive slope. Our results suggest that STR-texts are useful for non-native speaking students, especially those with lower language proficiency, and can enhance their comprehension of English lectures and also raise their attention and meditation. However, educators and researchers should keep in mind that interactive strategies need to be applied in order to maintain and even increase low proficiency student attention throughout the lectures.
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Assistive Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Attention, Educational Experiments, Feasibility Studies, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Pretests Posttests, Academic Achievement, Reflection, Lecture Method, Language Proficiency, Outcomes of Education, Comparative Analysis, Language Tests, Scores, Statistical Analysis, Nonparametric Statistics, Semi Structured Interviews
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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