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The Use of a Pragmatic Protocol with Normal Preschool Children.
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Klecan-Aker, Joan S.; Swank, Paul R. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1988
The study investigated the effectiveness of a pragmatic language function protocol with a sample of 240 normal preschool children, aged 2-5, in a structured setting. The protocol was shown to be used reliably and was sensitive to differences in the mastery of language skills of normal children of different ages. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Language, Language Acquisition
Looking at Student Work for Teacher Learning, Teacher Community, and School Reform.
Little, Judith Warren; Gearhart, Maryl; Curry, Marnie; Kafka, Judith – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Describes several projects that have enabled teachers to leave the isolation of their own classrooms and think together about student work in the broader contexts of school improvement and professional development. (Contains 18 references.) (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development
The Mediation of Technology in ESL Writing and Its Implications for Writing Assessment
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Li, Jiang – Assessing Writing, 2006
The present study investigated the influence of word processing on the writing of students of English as a second language (ESL) and on writing assessment as well. Twenty-one adult Mandarin-Chinese speakers with advanced English proficiency living in Toronto participated in the study. Each participant wrote two comparable writing tasks under…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Protocol Analysis, Writing Tests, Evaluation Methods