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Peer reviewedKopelson, Karen – College Composition and Communication, 2003
Suggests that the marginalized teacher-subject look to contemporary theoretical notions of the "radical resignification" of power as well as to the neglected rhetorical concept of metis, or "cunning," to engage difference more efficaciously, if more sneakily. Argues that one possible praxis for better negotiating student resistance is the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Rhetoric, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship
Peer reviewedSmith, Carl B. – Reading Teacher, 1989
Discusses the concept of emergent literacy, summarizing several theories and studies on children's early experiences with reading and writing. Examines the implications of this research for beginning reading and writing instruction. (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy
Harlan, Joan C. – 1996
This book provides teachers with strategies for maintaining and increasing appropriate behaviors as well as for preventing and remediating inappropriate behaviors. The 15 chapters provide suggestions and approaches to managing, motivating, and teaching students of all ability and motivational levels. The first three chapters address goals for…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Elementary Education
Download full textMeece, Judith; McColskey, Wendy – 1997
This guide provides a general overview of research on student motivation in classroom and school settings and a guide to help teachers and school teams to analyze the sources of students motivational problems and consider changes that will improve motivation. Chapter 1 defines motivation, considers the extent of the motivation problem, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Angelo, Thomas A. – 1990
This paper offers observations on how research and teaching can join forces to improve learning in the classroom by involving the faculty in classroom research. It explains the use of classroom assessment and techniques for gaining information on what students are learning and how well they are learning it. Classroom assessments are defined as…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, College Faculty
Mlynarczyk, Rebecca Williams – 1998
The book describes one teacher's study of student journal writing in college-level English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction and explores the potential of student journals in second language teaching. It first introduces the research questions and methods guiding the study, then reviews the literature that informed the investigation of mental…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Context
Menges, Robert J., Ed.; Weimer, Maryellen, Ed. – 1996
This collection of 15 essays is designed to help improve college instruction through reflection that results in better practice, to make teaching more student-centered, and to further a more connected view of teaching and learning. It includes: (1) "Why Scholarship Is the Bedrock of Good Teaching" (Maryellen Weimer); (2) "Teaching and Today's…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Cooperation, Cultural Pluralism
