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Riches, Nick – First Language, 2020
Short term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) performance consistently predict language abilities in children with developmental language disorders. However, causality is not fully established. Moreover, evidence from the fine-grained analysis of STM/WM tasks and comprehension of complex sentences, suggests that long term memory (LTM)…
Descriptors: Syntax, Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory, Language Skills
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Ellis, Rod – Language Teaching, 2017
The advocacy of task-based language teaching (TBLT) has met with resistance. The critiques of TBLT and the misconceptions that underlie them have already been addressed in Ellis (2009) and Long (2016). The purpose of this article is to move forward by examining a number of real problems that TBLT faces--such as how a "task" should be…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Bamberger, Jeanne – Psychology of Music, 2011
In this paper I trace moments of spontaneous insight occurring among a group of young children in an environment where they are encouraged and supported in their efforts to collaboratively interrogate their own and one another's ideas. I argue that noticing, confronting, and responding to enigmas, surprises, and evolving meanings as they are…
Descriptors: Young Children, Art, Teaching Methods, Educational Environment
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Barrouillet, Pierre; Portrat, Sophie; Vergauwe, Evie; Diependaele, Kevin; Camos, Valerie – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2011
The sources of forgetting in working memory (WM) are a matter of intense debate: Is there a time-related decay of memory traces, or is forgetting uniquely due to representation-based interference? In a previous study, we claimed to have provided evidence supporting the temporal decay hypothesis (S. Portrat, P. Barrouillet, & V. Camos, 2008).…
Descriptors: Evidence, Models, Short Term Memory, Prediction
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Carreira, Maria; Potowski, Kim – Heritage Language Journal, 2011
This special issue of the "Heritage Language Journal", guest edited by Silvina Montrul, unites four papers on different aspects of heritage Spanish speakers' linguistic abilities. In this commentary, we reexamine these important contributions with an eye toward implications for instruction and toward general trends for the field. In particular, we…
Descriptors: Spanish, Native Speakers, Native Language Instruction, Heritage Education
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Moser, Jason; Harris, Justin; Carle, John – ELT Journal, 2012
This article reports on a teacher-talk training course for Japanese primary school teachers, who are preparing to teach "communicative English" for the first time. The article argues that teacher-talk training is important for communicative classes with young students because most of the input and interaction is by default teacher…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Wildman, Terry M.; Burton, John K. – Journal of Instructional Development, 1981
Examines the need for integrating assumptions about learning processes with the decisions typically made when designing instructional systems. The relationships between learning theory and instructional design are discussed, and suggestions offered for improving the design process. Extensive references are included. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Epistemology, Instructional Design
Perkins, D. N. – Educational Technology, 1991
Discussion of constructivism that is based on concerns raised in an earlier issue focuses on demands placed on the learners. Three areas are explored: (1) cognitive complexity; (2) task management, to help sequence students through a learning experience; and (3) learners "buying in" to the constructivist agenda of the instruction. (10…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Learning Processes, Sequential Learning, Task Analysis
Hall, Stephen – 1993
The concept of "task" is explored, particularly as it relates to the work students perform in learning a language. It is proposed that what really happens as a student learns can be understood better by applying the concept of task to classroom processes. The ways in which task has been defined by educators are reviewed, and it is concluded that…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning
Tennyson, Robert D. – Educational Technology, 1990
Discusses three major areas in which cognitive psychology and educational technology are affecting instructional design (ID) theory: (1) analysis of information, including content analysis and task analysis; (2) the means of evaluating learners; and (3) linking learning theory with specific instructional strategies through an integrated…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Content Analysis, Educational Technology, Instructional Design
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Pressley, Michael; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
There is strong interest in strategy instruction and in conducting research on the topic, with many researchers developing strategy interventions for both normal and learning disabled populations. Experiment design has become both methodologically sound and conceptually convincing. A comprehensive research program requiring both laboratory and…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Learning Disabilities
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Carr, Jo – Babel, 2005
The issue of multi-level classrooms and of the increasingly differentiated nature of students' learning experiences continues to be a major challenge for language teachers. It's safe to say that wherever two or more language teachers are gathered together, the "problem" of multi-level classrooms will figure somewhere in the conversation.…
Descriptors: Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Language Teachers
Moore, David Thornton – 1982
The nature of education as a social process in workplace settings outside of schools was explored over 3 years at 35 intern settings for an alternative high school program in a large city. The experiences of students at the 35 sites were compared to identify essential features of work tasks and the social means to accomplish these tasks. Two…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Feedback, Information Needs, Internship Programs
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Chapman, Michael – Human Development, 1981
Presents an overview of Pascual-Leone's Theory of Constructive Operators and discusses its implications for issues in developmental psychology. The author concludes that the theory may resolve several anomalies in cognitive- developmental and learning theory approaches to development. One potential problem, the objectivity of task analysis, is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Intelligence, Learning Theories
Hannum, Wallace H. – NSPI Journal, 1980
Presents a four-step model for learning task analysis that is based on empirical and theoretical footings: (1) identification of instructional goals/tasks, (2) specification of behavioral contributors, (3) classification of contributors into learning domains, and (4) application of varying analytical procedures to tasks in each domain. (Author)
Descriptors: Job Analysis, Learning, Models, Task Analysis
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