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Examining How Middle Grade Mathematics Students Seize Learning Opportunities through Conflict in Small Groups
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Campbell, Tye – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2023
Understanding how students develop learning opportunities through peer-to-peer interaction is vital for advancing research and practice on collaborative learning environments. This study investigated the discourse practices middle grade students utilized to resolve conflict in ways that promoted or inhibited learning opportunities. Seventy-seven…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Peer Relationship
Using Structured Discourse as a Language Intervention Technique with Autistic Children.
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Scherer, Nancy J.; Olswang, Lesley B. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1989
A structured discourse strategy, employing child echoic imitations and adult expansion, was used to teach five autistic preschool children two-term semantic relations. The strategy increased the children's initial spontaneous imitations of two-term relations. Following the imitation increase, spontaneous productions of the two-term relations…
Descriptors: Autism, Discourse Analysis, Imitation, Interpersonal Communication
Teaching Grammar in Context.
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Nunan, David – ELT Journal, 1998
Argues for an alternative to the conventional linear model of language acquisition in the learning of second-language grammar, proposing a more organic approach. The two approaches are contrasted, drawing on research in second-language learning and discourse analysis that supports the organic view. Some pedagogical implications of this approach…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discourse Analysis, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
Use of Informal Language when Introducing Concepts.
Ashlock, Robert B. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1987
Focuses on the language used by elementary mathematics teachers and its relationship to students' understanding of mathematical concepts, as well as their misconceptions. Describes eight situations in which the use of precise, formal mathematical terms could be replaced by informal language, particularly when introducing new concepts. (TW)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Structures, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education
D'un apprenant a l'autre (From One Learner to Another).
Cicurel, Francine – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
Classroom communication in the second-language class is examined from an ethnographic perspective, highlighting the role of students in helping each other learn. Turn-taking, patterns of addressing teacher and peers, and different kinds of interaction that promote learning: cooperative; didactic; competitive; theatrical; personalized. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Discourse Analysis
Action Learning: Images and Pathways. Professional Practices in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Series.
Dilworth, Robert L.; Willis, Verna J. – 2003
This book provides information and strategies on how adult educators can integrate action learning concepts in their teaching practice. The book defines action learning as going beyond the traditional idea of "learn by doing" and applies it to various organizational cultures and educational contexts. Chapter 1 introduces the origins of action…
Descriptors: Action Research, Active Learning, Adult Development, Adult Education