Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Farsani, Danyal"
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The challenge of psychological processes in language acquisition: A systematic review
Banaruee, Hassan; Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Understanding how humans acquire or learn a language has been controversial in various disciplines. Most vigorously, psychologists and linguists have been struggling with models that would represent the processing and ... -
Culture in English Language Teaching: A curricular evaluation of English textbooks for foreign language learners
Banaruee, Hassan; Farsani, Danyal; Khatin-Zadeh, Omid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A critical assessment of the current systematical planning and an in-depth review of the teaching materials efficiently improve fine educational materials to the benefit of developed learning and teaching contexts. In some ... -
Didactic-mathematical knowledge of future mathematics teachers in Ecuador when developing tasks based on ethnomathematical practices
Breda, Adriana; Calle, Eulalia; Farsani, Danyal; Ali, Sikunder; Tesfamicael, Solomon A.; Bose, Arindam (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Ecuadorian University were identified and later their reflections on bringing these practices to the classroom and their justifications were analyzed. The results indicate positive contemplation by the future teachers on ... -
Discurso multimodal em sala de aula: gestos e proxêmica na interação professor-estudante
Farsani, Danyal; Mendes, Jackeline Rodrigues (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Este artigo pretende destacar a relevância de estudos sobre o discurso de sala de aula, a partir de uma perspectiva multimodal, focalizando o modo como os gestos (linguagem não verbal) participam dos processos de significação ... -
Distributed embodiment of metaphorical hope in hand, head, and eyebrow gestures
Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Hu, Jiehui; Farina, Mirko; Banaruee, Hassan; Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study aimed to examine the embodied conceptualization of hope through metaphors. We asked a group of participants to discuss their hopes in a semi-structured interview. We examined the types of hand, head, and eyebrow ... -
The effect of type of task on EFL learners’ vocabulary learning
Eskandari, Zahra; Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Banaruee, Hassan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Depth of processing vocabulary has been the subject of heated discussion among vocabulary researchers. Yet, current literature lacks research comparing different tasks to investigate the acquisition of vocabulary knowledge ... -
EFL learners' learning styles and their reading performance
Banaruee, Hassan; Farsani, Danyal; Khatin-Zadeh, Omid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Language learners struggle with achieving their highest reading competence, particularly when they sit standardized tests with authentic advanced passages. The related literature shows a significant gap in suggesting ... -
Embodiment of infinity in mathematics
Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Eskandari, Zahra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)In this article, we discuss the embodiment of infinity as one of fundamental concepts in mathematics. In contrast to the embodiment of many other mathematical concepts, the embodiment of infinity is an endless dynamic ... -
Enhancement of perceptual and cognitive functions in near-death experience: A perspective from embodiment theories
Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Eskandari, Zahra; Farsani, Danyal; Banaruee, Hassan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The phenomenon of near-death experience (NDE) is attracting a growing attention among researchers of various fields. In this study, we looked at NDE from a cognitive perspective to find out how NDE events are embodied when ... -
From contact to connection: a comprehensive examination of affective touch in educational settings
El Hakim, Sonia; Farsani, Danyal (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)We often talk about the way we talk, and we frequently try to see the way we see, but for some reasons we have rarely touched on the way we touch. The communication we transmit with touch is perceived to be one of the most ... -
Gestural Embodiment of Intensifiers in Iconic, Metaphoric, and Beat Gestures
Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Hu, Jiehui; Eskandari, Zahra; Banaruee, Hassan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study aimed to examine the gestural embodiment of intensifiers in iconic and metaphoric gestures when these words are used with literal and metaphoric statements. We asked a group of Persian native speakers to listen ... -
Gestural embodiment of spatial schematic information in motion-based and static space-based metaphors
Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Eskandari, Zahra; Li, Shan; Banaruee, Hassan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In this study, we examined the types of gestures that occurred with motion-based, static space-based, static object-based, and static event-based metaphors. A group of participants listened to three short stories and then ... -
Gestures, systemic functional linguistics and mathematics education
Farsani, Danyal; Lange, Troels; Meaney, Tamsin Jillian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Gestures have been shown to reflect speakers’ embodied thinking about mathematical concepts and play a role in conveying understandings in teaching/learning interactions. However little research has been done to consider ... -
Glocaliszation in mathematics education
Bose, Arindam; Farsani, Danyal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023) -
How can transforming representation of mathematical entities help us employ more cognitive resources?
Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Breda, Adriana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article discusses the cognitive process of transforming one representation of mathematical entities into another representation. This process, which has been called mathematical metaphor, allows us to understand and ... -
The Impact of Manner Adverb on the Gestural Embodiment of Actions Described by Literal and Metaphoric Sentences
Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Hu, Jiehui; Eskandari, Zahra; Banaruee, Hassan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The aim of this study was to examine the impact of manner adverbs on the gestural embodiment of actions that are described by literal and metaphoric sentences. We asked a group of participants to read and then orally retell ... -
The incorporation of the active gamification methodology in the didactic units of preservice secondary mathematics teachers
Cortés, Alexandre; Breda, Adriana; Sánchez, Alicia; Farsani, Danyal; Tinti Da Silva, Douglas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The objective of this study is to analyse how preservice mathematics teachers, who are participants in a master's program in secondary mathematics teacher training, incorporate the active gamification methodology in the ... -
Inkludering av minoritetsspråklege elevar i den matematiske klasseromsdiskursen
Lothe, Eirin (Master thesis, 2023)Språkleg mangfald er blitt ein realitet i Norge (Statistisk sentralbyrå, 2023). Dette er noko som lærarar må ta hensyn til i skulen, og då også i matematikkundervisninga. Med kjerneelementa i LK20 har det blitt meir fokus ... -
Inquiry and mathematical modelling to decode an ancient roman message in secondary education
Falcó Solsona, Pere Joan; Sala-Sebastià, Gemma; Breda, Adriana; Farsani, Danyal (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This article presents the design of a learning situation to promote the emergence of evidence of the joint use of the inquiry and mathematical modelling processes. This learning is part of a larger and still ongoing research ... -
Jeg bare ser på spørsmålet og så popper det opp regnemetoder i hodet
Ødegaard, Tiril Løvoll (Master thesis, 2024)Matematisk fleksibilitet har blitt et viktig læringsmål i skolen de seneste årene. Fleksibilitet defineres som å kunne flere ulike løsningsstrategier, samt å kunne bytte mellom og velge en hensiktsmessig strategi for en ...