ERIC Number: EJ1045540
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 16
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Exploring the Relationship between Self-Regulated Vocabulary Learning and Web-Based Collaboration
Liu, Sarah Hsueh-Jui; Lan, Yu-Ju; Ho, Cloudia Ya-Yu
Educational Technology & Society, v17 n4 p404-419 2014
Collaborative learning has placed an emphasis on co-constructing knowledge by sharing and negotiating meaning for problem-solving activities, and this cannot be accomplished without governing the self-regulatory processes of students. This study employed a Web-based tool, Google Docs, to determine the effects of Web-based collaboration on vocabulary improvements among learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). The work performed in this study represents a further step toward identifying the factors that influence self-regulated vocabulary strategy use and perceptions of Web-based collaboration (SRvsWBC). In total, 210 undergraduate students participated in this study and undertook the designed tasks, such as vocabulary pre-/posttests and a self-report questionnaire survey of SRvsWBC. The findings of the study suggest that collaboration using a Web-based tool affects knowledge development, and provide insights into the integrated spectrum of self-regulation, L2/FL learning, and Web-based technology that will be useful for pedagogy.
Descriptors: Metacognition, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Internet, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Undergraduate Students, Pretests Posttests, Problem Solving, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Questionnaires, Surveys, Web Sites, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Language Tests
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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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