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Mitali Thatte; Katie Makar – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2024
This study was conducted in Maharashtra, India with children studying in a regional medium (Marathi) government school. In Marathi, the translation of the word 'about' is not very commonly used. The aim of the study was to see how the children used uncertain language about prediction while engaged in a statistical investigation and how children…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Native Language, Language of Instruction
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Liaw, Marsha Jing Ji; Botelho, Maria José; Lau, Sunny Man Chu – Reading Teacher, 2023
As K-5 dual language programs gain popularity in the United States, language teaching, however, often still prioritizes discrete and decontextualized learning that is not built on students' interests and experiences or their multilingual and multimodal resources. This article reports on a classroom-based ethnographic case study and illustrates how…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Writing Processes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Orner, Aviv; Netz, Hadar – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2023
This paper presents an ethnographic study analyzing the influence of students' social backgrounds on students' entitlement and agency in relation to floor rights. Classroom interactions were video-recorded, and interviews were conducted in a socially diverse fifth-grade in Israel. Descriptive statistics and micro-analyses of participation patterns…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Grade 5
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Cho, Seonhee; Lee, Hea-Jin; Herner-Patnode, Leah – Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, 2022
Calls for "mathematics for all" or "mathematics for social justice" bring light to the importance of equity issues within and through mathematics education. Employing the theoretical perspectives of equity and social justice for mathematics education, and the intersection of language, culture, and mathematics, this study…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Mathematics Instruction, Equal Education, Social Justice
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Zhang, Hao; Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Tseng, Shih-Ying; Chen, Holly S. L. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
Contextual learning has been recognized as an important method for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning and drama was also usually employed to be a good activity for EFL learning which guided learners to interact and use body language to practice English. However, there were few studies to consider both drama and authentic contexts…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Drama
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Bossé, Michael J.; Bayaga, Anass; Fountain, Catherine; Lynch-Davis, Kathleen; Preston, Ron; Adu-Gyamfi, Kwaku – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2018
This study applies the Mathematics Acquisition Framework (MAF) (Bossé, Ringler, Bayaga, Fountain, & Young, 2018) to investigate fifth- through seventh-grade students' comprehension of fractions and decimals and examines how students build understanding of mathematical principles and concepts regarding fractions and decimals. Based on case…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7