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Researching Language Engagement; Current Trends and Future Directions
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Svalberg, Agneta M.-L. – Language Awareness, 2018
The paper discusses how learner engagement in language learning settings has been conceived of and investigated in the past decade. Whilst a cognitive focus used to predominate in research on language learners' engagement, the importance of affective (and social) factors is increasingly recognised. The paper interrogates 'engagement' in the…
Descriptors: Language Research, Learner Engagement, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning
Insider Views of the Emotional Climate of the Classroom: What New Zealand Children Tell Us about Their Teachers' Feelings
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Andersen, Rachel J.; Evans, Ian M.; Harvey, Shane T. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2012
To explore children's perceptions of their teachers' feelings in everyday classroom contexts, the authors conducted focus groups with New Zealand primary (elementary) school children to discuss what they observed about positive classroom teachers' interactional style and emotional behavior. Seventy-nine students between age 8 and 12 years, from…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Teaching Styles, Teacher Characteristics, Student Attitudes
You Can Teach Old Dogs New Tricks: The Factors that Affect Changes over Time in Digital Literacy
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Eshet-Alkalai, Yoram; Chajut, Eran – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2010
The expansion of digital technologies and the rapid changes they undergo through time face users with new cognitive, social, and ergonomic challenges that they need to master in order to perform effectively. In recent years, following empirical reports on performance differences between different age-groups, there is a debate in the research…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Computer Literacy, Information Skills, Cognitive Development
A Study on CPH and Debate Summary in FLL
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Liu, Zhiliang – English Language Teaching, 2009
The optimal age in FLL (foreign language learning) for children has been discussed over 50 years but there is no satisfactory conclusion for us. However, the notion "the younger, the better" in FLL has a big market in the world. As a result, the distorted hypothesis is being spread widely as a true and complete theory. Specifically…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Age Differences, Cognitive Structures
The Source of Adult Age Differences in Event-Based Prospective Memory: A Multinomial Modeling Approach
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Smith, Rebekah E.; Bayen, Ute J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2006
Event-based prospective memory involves remembering to perform an action in response to a particular future event. Normal younger and older adults performed event-based prospective memory tasks in 2 experiments. The authors applied a formal multinomial processing tree model of prospective memory (Smith & Bayen, 2004) to disentangle age differences…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Older Adults, Age Differences, Memory
Resolution of Disagreements between Romantic Partners, among Adolescents, and Young Adults: Qualitative Analysis of Interaction Discourses
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Tuval-Mashiach, Rivka; Shulman, Shmuel – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2006
The study was designed to explore qualitatively developmental differences in disagreement negotiation and resolution skills between adolescent and young adult romantic partners. Twenty adolescent and 20 young adult couples participated in the study. The Knox inventory was used to measure the level of disagreement between partners on ten domains…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Measures (Individuals), Qualitative Research