Web Quest as a Tool for Increasing Students' Motivation and Critical Thinking Development

被引：5

作者：

Averkieva, Liubov ^{[1
]}

Chayka, Yulia ^{[1
]}

Glushkov, Sergey ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Res Tomsk Polytech Univ, Tomsk 634050, Russia

来源：

XVTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL STUDIES: TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS (LKTI 2015) | 2015年 / 206卷

关键词：

Web-quest; critical thinking; cognitive skills; cognitive activity; scaffolding;

D O I：

10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.10.042

中图分类号：

H [语言、文字];

学科分类号：

05 ;

摘要：

The highlights of this article are the problems of critical thinking development while teaching English to the students of technical studies. The main concern is the involvement of the students in the process of working under such project tasks as web quests. Specifically, student's participation in the studying of professional foreign language (ESP) is described. Particular attention is paid to the role of a web quest in increasing the students' motivation and stimulating their cognitive activity in professional foreign language (ESP) learning. The article also deals with the problem of critical thinking evaluation in the process of implementation of project activities, the basic conclusions on this issue are formulated and the parameters of evaluation system are presented. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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页码：137 / 140

页数：4