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Moses, Lindsey – Classroom Discourse, 2012
This article addresses the relationship among theories related to classroom language and literacy events by first examining the researcher's theoretical perspective on discourse and sociocultural theories of learning development. The analytical heuristic for a microethnographic approach using a variety of theoretical tools is discussed and…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Inquiry, Classroom Techniques
Foley, Leslie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As digital media practices become readily available in today's classrooms, literacy and literacy instruction are changing in profound ways (Alvermann, 2010). Professional organizations emphasize the importance of integrating new literacies (New London Group, 1996) practices into language-arts instruction (IRA, 2009; NCTE, 2005). As a result,…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Grade 1, Grade 2, Elementary School Students
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Shamir, Adina; Zion, Michal; Spector_Levi, Ornit – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
The main objective of the study reported was to explore the effect on young children's critical thinking of a peer-tutoring training embedded with the metacognitive processes required for problem-based learning and, consequently, for critical thinking. The sample consisted of 90 first- and third-grade pupils (45 pairs) randomly assigned to the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Problem Based Learning, Young Children