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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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Deunk, Marjolein; Berenst, Jan; de Glopper, Kees – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2010
We describe the Situated Activity System of finishing craft assignments in preschool: the specific, routinized way that child and teacher jointly close the child's craft assignment, employing a specific discourse pattern. We analyzed the interactions of 14 Dutch children between 2.1 and 3.10 years old while they were finishing their craft…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Handicrafts, Class Activities
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Jurow, A. Susan; Creighton, Laura – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2005
Improvisational teaching is informed both by students' interests and ideas and teachers' deep understandings of curricular goals; it is purposeful, but not predetermined. This approach contrasts with teacher-dominated classroom discourse in which discussions are controlled by the teacher and focused on the transmission of facts.This paper examines…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Creative Activities, Grade 1