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Download full textPishol, Shahida; Kaur, Sarjit – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2015
Purpose: This article reports on the practical application of Learning Elements advocated by the multiliteracies approach to classroom practice. Its ideas are grounded in the multiliteracies pedagogical principles of teaching and learning that address issues on literacy and learning in today's globalised world. The main objective of this study was…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes
Okulu, Hasan Zuhtu; Oguz-Unver, Ayse – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
From the perspective of teaching, the huge natural laboratory that astronomy provides constitutes the most prominent connection between astronomy and other branches of science. The purpose of this research was to provide educators with activities of observation using simple materials that were developed to facilitate the teaching of basic concepts…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Astronomy, Observation
Direct linkLau, Wilfred W. F.; Yuen, Allan H. K. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2013
Teacher professional development has been considered as the most effective strategy to promote teacher change. However, this mostly presupposes that teacher professional development programmes can change teachers' attitudes and beliefs, subsequently change classroom behaviours and practices, and ultimately improve student learning outcomes. This…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
Singh, Dulip Singh a/l Ranjet – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2013
It is a fact that each individual is unique. This uniqueness can be physical, emotional, intellectual and/or spiritual. It follows then that in any given learning environment each learner has unique abilities and needs. Consequently, classrooms everywhere, even if they are streamed, are of a mixed-ability nature. Having recognised this factor in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Marashi, Hamid; Maherinia, Elaheh – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2011
Lexical items, because they are language specific forms are undoubtedly one of the most difficult tasks in learning a second language. Phrasal verbs perhaps further exacerbate this difficult task since the meaning of already known verbs changes drastically when combined with different particles. Hence, facilitating the learning of these commonly…
Descriptors: Speech Skills, Speech Communication, Verbs, Phrase Structure
Rutten, Nico; van Joolingen, Wouter R.; Haverkamp-Hermans, Gerdi G. N.; Bogner, Franz X.; Kretschmer, Thomas; Stracke, Christian M.; Lameras, Petros; Chioccariello, Augusto; Doran, Rosa; Tiemann, Rüdiger; Kastrinogiannis, Timotheos; Maravic, Jasminka; Crotty, Yvonne; Kelly, Claire; Markaki, Vassiliki; Lazoudis, Angelos; Koivula, Jani; Polymatidis, Dimitris – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2015
In this study we used a narrative approach to investigate the function that digital, interactive tools can fulfill in inquiry teaching and learning. Such a narrative can be conceived of as "talking through" a lesson in which a teacher supports inquiry with technology. By subsequently coding these narratives, we studied the functions that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Inquiry, Personal Narratives
Skuy, Mervyn, Ed. – 1996
Reuven Feuerstein's theory of Mediated Learning Experience was developed to explain individuals' different propensities for learning by linking those differences to an individual's exposure--through specific experiences--to his or her own culture, irrespective of its nature or level of conceptualization, technology, or institutionalized education.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology
Peer reviewedBergk, Marion – Reading Teacher, 1988
Emphasizes, with reference to Piaget, the importance of cooperative learning. Presents a text model describing the four aspects/participants of literal communication, and asserts that children confront a text from all aspects simultaneously. Describes three examples of interpersonal reading and writing activities observed in Austrian classrooms.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship
Turner, Martin; Baskerville, Rachel – Accounting Education, 2013
This study examines how to support accounting students to experience deep learning. A sample of 81 students in a third-year undergraduate accounting course was studied employing a phenomenographic research approach, using ten assessed learning tasks for each student (as well as a focus group and student surveys) to measure their experience of how…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learner Engagement, Constructivism (Learning), Critical Thinking
Aitkuzhinova-Arslan, Ainur; Gün, Süleyman; Üstünel, Eda – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
Teaching vocabulary is a comprehensive process in foreign language learning requiring specific techniques of appropriate instruction and accurate strategy. The present study was conducted to examine the effects of teaching vocabulary to Turkish young learners in a semantic clustering way through digital storytelling. To investigate this aim, six…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Reading Instruction, Semantics
Hough, David A. – 1997
A university teacher of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Japan draws on teaching experience and a classroom experiment to discuss how a socio-historical analysis of culture can be combined with intercultural communication and global issues to supplement learning and teaching in the college-level EFL curriculum. Students were asked to make a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cultural Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedMiller, Diane – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Focuses on the language used in mathematics instruction and the ways in which teachers assist students in constructing the formal language of mathematics. Strategies to help students connect vocabulary with mathematical concepts include using teacher modeling, writing, cooperative learning, and having students define words in their own language.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, Definitions
Peer reviewedChan, Christine – Computers and Education, 1989
Discussion of the use of computers in elementary schools highlights a study of four districts in Canada. Topics discussed include the use of word processing; the use of LOGO for tutoring purposes; the role of the teacher; and guidelines for integrating computer-assisted learning (CAL) into the elementary school curriculum. (16 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Bowen, Dorothy N.; Bowen, Earle A., Jr. – 1988
Differences between the learning styles of Western and African students are highlighted in this discussion of theological education in African schools. Since many of the teachers in theological institutions are either westerners, or have been educated in the West, Western learning style is the one most rewarded in the classroom, and those students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Field Dependence Independence, Foreign Countries
Weeden, Marnie – Micromath, 2002
Explores ways in which Information Communication Technology (ICT) can be used within the classroom environment to enhance pupils' learning and understanding of mathematics. Describes how to incorporate ICT into lessons investigating mathematical proof. (KHR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Geometry
