The Study of The Most and The Least Influential Socially-Mediated Testing Factors on Learning among University Students
Subject Areas : Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English
Fatemeh Sadat Alamdar
1
(PhD Candidate, Department of English, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm
Iran)
Shahram Afraz
2
(Assistant Professor, Department of English, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University
Qeshm, Iran)
Fazlollah Samimi
3
(department of foreign languages, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas branch)
Keywords: Socially-Mediated, Testing, Vygotsky, student, motivation,
Abstract :
This study tries to investigate the most, and the least influential socially-mediated testing factors on learning among university students. The necessity to understand these socially-mediated testing to foster language learning in the Islamic Republic of Iran gets bolder where English as a foreign language learning, in political and social aspects fulfills a considerable role in different parts of daily life. The researcher used the quantitative method. The participants included 375 EFL learners studying or completing their Ph.D. The sample included 183 males and 192 females. The age range was from 29 to 37. The instrument applied in this study was a researcher-constructed questionnaire. It consists of two parts. The first part was a demographic question, and the second part consisted of questions about factors that affect on socially mediated testing. The reliability of this questionnaire was 0.804. The mean values of the four variables showed which factor have the most, and which one has the least impact on SMT based on the participants point of view who answered the questionnaires. The most effective factor is the ‘Positive points of SMT’, ‘Goals of the teacher in SMT’ can reach the second level. ‘Learning measurement of SMT’ can reach third level, and the last level is for ‘Negative points of SMT’. The results of this study can help teachers, students, parents, and all the people who are part of educational system, and make decisions to improve the system of the education in schools, and universities based on the findings of the articles.