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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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Peterson, Shelley; Calovini, Theresa – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2004
This study uses systemic functional linguistics and the related critical discourse analysis to examine intertextual links between four eighth-grade students' talk in informal conversations as they generated ideas for the characters of their narrative writing. Data sources included classroom observations, students' drafts and polished writing,…
Descriptors: Ideology, Discourse Analysis, Descriptive Writing, Interviews
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Santagata, Rossella – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2004
This study investigates the role of cultural beliefs and practices in teaching. The focus is the process of socialization by which students learn to deal with mistakes. Analyzed are teacher-student interactions surrounding mistakes videotaped in 30 Italian and 30 U.S. eighth-grade mathematics lessons. These are complemented by interviews with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship, Cultural Influences