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Associations of Student Temperament and Educational Competence with Academic Achievement: The Role of Teacher Age and Teacher and Student Gender
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Mullola, Sari; Jokela, Markus; Ravaja, Niklas; Lipsanen, Jari; Hintsanen, Mirka; Alatupa, Saija; Keltikangas-Jarvinen, Liisa – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
We examined associations of teacher-perceived student temperament and educational competence with school achievement, and how these associations were modified by students' gender and teachers' gender and age. Participants were 1063 Finnish ninth-graders (534 boys) and their 29 Mother Language teachers (all female) and 43 Mathematics teachers (17…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Schematic Studies
Intercultural Learning in English as Foreign Language Instruction: The Importance of Teachers' Intercultural Experience and the Usefulness of Precise Instructional Directives
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Gobel, Kerstin; Helmke, Andreas – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
The development of intercultural competence, especially in foreign language instruction, is considered a key goal of teaching in German schools. The present article sheds light on the teaching of intercultural topics in the context of English as a foreign language (EFL). It presents the results of an analysis of data from a larger study (DESI…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Language Teachers, German
Teaching and Learning Cycles in a Constructivist Approach to Instruction
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Singer, Florence Mihaela; Moscovici, Hedy – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This study attempts to analyze and synthesize the knowledge collected in the area of conceptual models used in teaching and learning during inquiry-based projects, and to propose a new frame for organizing the classroom interactions within a constructivist approach. The IMSTRA model consists in three general phases: Immersion, Structuring,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Textbooks, Grade 9