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Chandler, Kayla; Adu-Gyamfi, Kwaku; Preston, Ron – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2023
In this article, the authors provide some insight into how teachers can potentially facilitate among students' representations and activities on mathematical tasks: between or among -- (1) student representations and the context; (2) multiple forms of student representations; and (3) processes in student representations. The authors use the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
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Minerick, Adrienne R. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2010
An implementation and assessment of three creative-learning mechanisms in a research-inspired split undergraduate/graduate course in Analytical Microdevice Technology is described. Microscale research is challenging to incorporate into the classroom due to the phenomena length-scales and the creating learning strategies were used to promote…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elective Courses, Learning Strategies, Concept Formation
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Wood, Karen – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2008
Developing strategies for engaging mathematics activities is always a challenge. Teachers seek out new resources and online activities to excite students and support their learning. Mathematics through Movement offers an active learning strategy requiring few resources, and a bit of imagination, to achieve a variety of outcomes across mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Foreign Countries
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Segers, Mien; Martens, Rob; Van den Bossche, Piet – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
In order to stimulate student teachers to thoroughly comprehend the main variables influencing their work, teaching and assessment strategies in teacher education have changed significantly. One of the changes in the assessment of student teachers in teacher education programs is the use of case-based assessment instruments. Such instruments…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
Kelner, Lenore Blank; Flynn, Rosalind M. – Heinemann, 2006
Integration occurs when separate parts or elements are combined into a unified whole. This book focuses on classroom arts integration--equally incorporating skills in drama and reading comprehension into all lessons. Drama and reading comprehension share a multitude of authentic connections, including meaning making and interpretation. Each…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, Dramatic Play, Correlation
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Belanger, Joe; Martin, R. Glenn – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Four experimental reading-treatment classes (n=94) and four control classes (n=100) wrote pre- and post-compositions which were evaluated for overall quality, syntactic density, T-unit length, productivity, and selected grammatical errors. Analysis of results found significant differences in reading skills but no differences in writing skills. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Grade 10, Grade 9
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Ross, John A.; Smyth, Elizabeth – Roeper Review, 1995
The importance of instructing gifted students in correlational reasoning is emphasized, with attention to what the skill involves and why it is difficult to learn; effective teaching strategies; and successful programs in whole-class, cooperative-learning, and computer formats. Implications in programming for gifted students are discussed. (SW)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Structures, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Doye, Peter – Language Learning Journal, 2004
In the following article the author presents a methodological framework for the teaching of intercomprehension. Competence in intercomprehension is seen as a realisation of the general human faculty for using and understanding language, which includes the ability to comprehend texts and utterances in "unfamiliar" languages. This competence can be…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Prior Learning, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Methods
van Essen, A. J.; And Others – 1986
A Dutch study of the relationship between different student cognitive styles and foreign language achievement focused on the development and analysis of a grammar test for English as a second language. The test consists of ten subtests requiring the student to manipulate aspects of English syntactic, morphosyntactic, and morphological structure.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Curriculum Development