Majorities of students believed inductive instruction more effective for simple structures and, conversely, for difficult structures¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? 64% of students believed inductive instruction more effective for teaching simple grammatical structures than difficult ones, while 59% believed it more effective for difficult structures than simple ones. → Daloglu 2020

Evidence¶

Daloglu 2020¶

Daloglu, A. (2020). EFL Students' Beliefs about How They Learn Grammar Best. English Language Teaching, 13(10). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v13n10p158

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Survey Section 3 items on beliefs about inductive versus deductive effectiveness for simple and complex structures. The article reports 64% and 59% majorities holding seemingly converse beliefs, as printed.

"The survey found that the majority of students (64%) believed inductive instruction to be more eff ective for teaching simple grammatical structures than for teaching difficult grammatical structures. Conversely, the majority of students (59%) believed inductive instruction to be more effective for teaching difficult grammatical structures than for teaching simple grammatical structures."

Discussion¶

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