Enhancing Learners’ Academic Performances Using Student Centered Approaches

Authors

  • Preeti Jaiswal University of Bahrain
  • Abdulghani Al-Hattami University of Bahrain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i16.14875

Keywords:

Keywords-Cognitive Achievement, Bloom’s taxonomy, autonomous learners, higher order thinking skills, productive and receptive vocabulary

Abstract


Abstract- Contemporary higher education institutions place students at the centre of their thinking and emphasize on student centered approaches to help learners construct knowledge during their learning paths in higher education. The study was guided by Bloom’s taxonomy in designing learning outcomes, incorporating engaging learning activities and assessing learning outcomes. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives provides a hierarchical classification system that classifies thinking abilities from basic information acquisition to more complex processes. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using the hierarchical instructional set of cognitive processes delineated in Bloom’s taxonomy for boosting learners’ vocabulary competency in English language learning, in higher education. The sample for this study consisted of 39 students (nine males and thirty females) who were studying course entitled English for Business in Department of English Language & Literature, College of Arts, during the academic year 2018-19 at University of Bahrain. The course aims to enhance learners’ language skills to enable them to communicate constructively in various business contexts. The results revealed that Bloom’s learning approach was successful in augmenting learners ’retention and transfer of productive and receptive vocabulary in language learning and conducive for promoting proficiency in English vocabulary knowledge.

Author Biographies

Preeti Jaiswal, University of Bahrain

Lecturer,Coordinator and Mentor,English Language Centre,University of Bahrain

Abdulghani Al-Hattami, University of Bahrain

Assistant professor Bahrain Teachers College University of Bahrain

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Published

2020-08-28

How to Cite

Jaiswal, P., & Al-Hattami, A. (2020). Enhancing Learners’ Academic Performances Using Student Centered Approaches. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 15(16), pp. 4–16. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i16.14875

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 16 (2020)

Section

Papers

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