In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iran Educational Psychology Association

Document Type : Research

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student, Educational Psychology, Shiraz University

2 Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, Shiraz University

3 Professor, Psychology, Shiraz University

4 Associate Professor, Psychology, Shiraz University

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of connectivism instructional method in comparsion with communicative and grammar-translation on English academic engagement among students. The current study was a 3 (instructional methods) *2 (gender) factorial design with pre-post-test. Statistical population included all the high school students in grade 3 from Ramhormoz city. Participants included students in six classes that were selected by available sampling method and then completed the academic engagement questionnaire (Reeve, 2013), too. The results showed the connectivism instructional method was significantly more effective than other methods. Based on the results of this research, it is concluded that connectivism instructional method provide unique opportunities for engaging of students by managing of available khowledge. Accordingly, this research suggests the application of connectivism instructional method in order to increase English academic engagement as a foreign language for the students.

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