Studying Outlines as an Expository Texts Enhancement Technique and the Mediating Role of Visual/Verbal Intelligences | ||
| فناوری های آموزشی در یادگیری | ||
| Article 4, Volume 3, Issue 11, February 2020, Pages 59-77 PDF (530.76 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.22054/jti.2020.35066.1250 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sholeh Moradi; Shima Ghahari* ; zahra khazaei | ||
| Department of Foreign Languages, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study sought to find if reading comprehension can be enhanced through the employment of cognitive organizers in comparison to text-only condition. It further investigated whether visual and verbal intelligences can predict learners’ performance on different types of input modes. A total of 71 English as foreign language undergraduates (both male and female) at two state-run universities in Iran took part in the present research. Three sets of instruments were employed: (1) an actual TOEFL (ETS, 2004), (2) cognitive organizers package (Katayama & Robinson, 2000), and (3) the multiple intelligence inventory (Mckenzie, 1999). Each participating intact class was randomly divided into two groups of text-only (receiving a text twice) and cognitive organizers (receiving the outline of the text). The results showed that (a) outlines (input type) significantly enhanced reading comprehension in comparison to text-only condition, (b) visual intelligence was the significant predicator of outline group’s performance, and (c) verbal intelligence predicted neither of text-only and outline groups’ performance. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| expository texts; outline displays; visual/verbal intelligences; selective cued hypothesis; search efficiency hypothesis | ||
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