Tao Sim-cheung, Victoria. / Thesis (M.A.Ed.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-115). / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.x / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction / Background of the study --- p.1 / Significance of the study --- p.5 / Encouraging students to become better readers --- p.5 / Exploring the impact of coope- rative learning --- p.6 / Understanding the potential of CALL --- p.9 / Description of key terms --- p.11 / Cloze procedure --- p.11 / Cooperative learning condition --- p.12 / CALL (Computer-assisted language learning) --- p.13 / Purpose of the study --- p.13 / Null hypotheses --- p.14 / Outline of the thesis --- p.15 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Review of Related Literature / Literature related to cloze procedure --- p.17 / Historical view of cloze procedure --- p.17 / Variations of cloze procedure --- p.18 / Cloze procedure-- researchable and teachable --- p.20 / Literature related to cooperative learning --- p.23 / Efficacy of cooperative learning --- p.23 / Individualistic and cooperative learning on student achievement --- p.25 / Cooperative vs individual completion of a cloze passage --- p.27 / Literature related to CALL --- p.29 / Practicability of CALL --- p.29 / Interactive CALL for groups --- p.33 / Automated cloze procedure as research and teaching tools --- p.35 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Methodology / Research design --- p.37 / Material and courseware design --- p.39 / Sampling design --- p.41 / Procedure --- p.44 / Variables --- p.47 / Statistical instrumentals --- p.47 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Results / Tests for the null hypotheses --- p.49 / Hypothesis 1 --- p.50 / Hypothesis 2 --- p.54 / Hypothesis 3 --- p.57 / Hypothesis 4 --- p.66 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Discussions and Limitations / Discussions --- p.70 / Evaluations of CALL --- p.70 / Individualistics versus cooperative CALL --- p.78 / Effectiveness of cooperative learning strategies --- p.80 / Superiority of the narrative text structure --- p.85 / Interactions between ability and achievement --- p.87 / Reflection of the attitudinal score --- p.89 / Limitations --- p.89 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusions and Recommendations / Conclusions --- p.92 / Recommendations --- p.94 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.98 / Chapter APPENDIX A --- Pretest --- p.116 / Chapter APPENDIX B --- Posttest & Retention Test --- p.118 / Chapter APPENDIX C --- Attitude Questionnaire --- p.121 / Chapter APPENDIX D --- Item-Total Statistics of Questionnaire --- p.127
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_319003 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Contributors | Tao, Sim-cheung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Education. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, x, 128 leaves ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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