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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Problematic Directives in Pedagogical Interaction
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Waring, Hansun Zhang; Hruska, Barbara L. – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2012
Directives are integral to teachers' pedagogical repertoire, and their efficacy crucial to optimizing learning outcomes. Based on data from a videotaped tutoring session collected at an after-school early literacy program, we describe the specific ways in which certain practices of directives can hinder learner participation and compromise…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Emergent Literacy, Tutoring, Teaching Methods
Getting and Keeping Nora on Board: A Novice Elementary ESOL Student Teacher's Practices for Lesson Engagement
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Waring, Hansun Zhang; Hruska, Barbara L. – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2011
This study describes how a novice ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) student teacher successfully navigates an instructional path in a one-on-one tutoring session with a second grade student. We document the student teacher's strategies to both engage and disengage her student, who alternately resists and cooperates throughout the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Teachers, Student Interests, Teacher Education