The Use of Deep and Surface Learning Strategies among Students Learning English as a Foreign Language in an Internet Environment

Autor/in	Aharony, Noa
Titel	The Use of Deep and Surface Learning Strategies among Students Learning English as a Foreign Language in an Internet Environment
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Psychology, 76 (2006) 4, S.851-866 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-0998
DOI	10.1348/000709905X79158
Schlagwörter	Internet; Educational Environment; Computer Software; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Learning Strategies; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Learning Processes; Socioeconomic Status; High School Students; Junior High School Students; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Learning process; Lernprozess; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Junior High Schools; Sekundarstufe I
Abstract	Background: The learning context is learning English in an Internet environment. The examination of this learning process was based on the Biggs and Moore's teaching-learning model (Biggs & Moore, 1993). Aim: The research aims to explore the use of the deep and surface strategies in an Internet environment among EFL students who come from different socio-economic backgrounds. The results of the research may add an additional level to the understanding of students' functioning in the Internet environment. Sample: One hundred forty-eight Israeli junior and high school students participated in this research. Methods: The methodology was based on special computer software: Screen Cam, which recorded the students' learning process. In addition, expert judges completed a questionnaire which examined and categorized the students' learning strategies. Results: The research findings show a clear preference of participants from all socio-economic backgrounds towards the surface learning strategy. The findings also showed that students from the medium to high socio-economic background used both learning strategies more frequently than low socio-economic students. Conclusions: The results reflect the habits that students acquire during their adjustment process throughout their education careers. A brief encounter with the Internet learning environment apparently cannot change norms or habits, which were acquired in the non-Internet learning environment. (Author).
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