1. What Benefits can be Derived from Teaching Knowledge about Language to Preservice Teachers?
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Michael D. Carey, Michael Christie, and Peter Grainger
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Blended learning ,Grammar ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Knowledge level ,English grammar ,Mathematics education ,Educational technology ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Psychology ,Teacher education ,media_common ,Test (assessment) ,Qualitative research - Abstract
This paper evaluates the validity of teaching English grammar to preservice teachers in a teacher education course at a regional university. The course was delivered in blended mode using the grammar component of My Writing Lab Global (MWLG) and face-to-face instruction. The aim of this study was to establish if there are benefits to derive from teaching knowledge about language (KAL) to preservice teachers. Our quasi-experimental study found MWLG was well-received by participants who believed it had improved their KAL; this improvement was confirmed by 10% improvement on a pre and post KAL test (p < .001). MWLG scores and the KAL test also reliably predicted other academic competencies: the students’ accumulated GPA and their final written assessment scores for the course (r= .4 to .54; p
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- 2015
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