Effect of educational open access journals on English Language bachelor students' achievement and attitudes

Abstract EN

Effects of educational Open-Access journals on the achievement and attitudes of 48 English language bachelor's students were investigated.

For 4 weeks, the control group (n=26) participated in lectures while students in the experiential group (n = 22) individually and in groups worked on educational research papers from open accessed on-line journals during 15-30 minutes of their weekly lectures.

Findings indicated that (a) course professors believed that they had covered the course contents in class; (b) experimental students demonstrated significantly higher levels (p >.01, p >.001) of perceived knowledge and achieved significantly better (p >.01) than did control students on written and videotaped participation assessments; and (c) students and professors showed positive attitudes towards using educational on-line open journals.

Data suggest that proper implementation of educational open accessed on-line journals may benefit TESOL education.