Incidental vocabulary acquisition as student performance determinant in undergraduate research modules

dc.contributor.authorWest, Joyce Phillis
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-04T12:08:04Z
dc.date.available2023-09-04T12:08:04Z
dc.date.issued2017-10
dc.description.abstractVocabulary knowledge plays an important role in determining a person’s language proficiency level. This study investigates the role vocabulary plays in determining students’ performance within research modules at private higher education institutions (HEIs). The discipline-specific vocabulary in this study includes target words, sampled from an undergraduate research module’s prescribed textbook. A mixed-method design is used to explain students’ challenges and concerns with regard to research modules. An investigation is launched into students’ research vocabulary acquisition by administering pre- and post-testing with regular reliability. By measuring the students’ research vocabulary acquisition, the effectiveness of the research module’s (mostly incidental) learning process is determined. The relationship between the students’ research vocabulary acquisition and their research module performance as part of a Bachelor of Education degree (B.Ed.) curriculum is also established. This study contributes to the development of best practices and the advancement of institutional research development across HEI; it also stimulates interdisciplinary engagement within the research field research modules at HEI in South Africa.en_US
dc.description.departmentEarly Childhood Educationen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2023en_US
dc.description.urihttps://redfame.com/journal/index.php/jetsen_US
dc.identifier.citationWest, J. 2017, 'Incidental vocabulary acquisition as student performance determinant in undergraduate research modules', Journal of Education and Training Studies, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 177-187, doi : 10.11114/jets.v5i10.2588.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2324-805X (print)
dc.identifier.issn2324-8068 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.11114/jets.v5i10.2588
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/92160
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRedFame Publishingen_US
dc.rightsCopyright for this article is retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the journal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license.en_US
dc.subjectExplicit learning processesen_US
dc.subjectHigh frequencyen_US
dc.subjectIncidentalen_US
dc.subjectLearning processesen_US
dc.subjectPerformanceen_US
dc.subjectResearchen_US
dc.subjectUndergraduate studentsen_US
dc.subjectVocabulary acquisitionen_US
dc.subjectSDG-04: Quality educationen_US
dc.subjectHigher education institution (HEI)en_US
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-09
dc.subject.otherSDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.titleIncidental vocabulary acquisition as student performance determinant in undergraduate research modulesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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