NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Children's Text Development: Drawing, Pictures, and Writing
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Christianakis, Mary – Research in the Teaching of English, 2011
Using a sociohistoric developmental lens, this paper traces the construction of texts composed by fifth graders in an urban classroom in order to answer the following questions: How do children develop as writers in school? How do writing and drawing function in children's texts? How do teaching practices shape children's writing development?…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Grade 5, Emergent Literacy, Freehand Drawing
Use of Sound with Digital Text: Moving beyond Sound as an Add-On or Decoration
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shanahan, Lynn – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2012
The purpose of this interpretive case study was to explore--through a close analysis of one class project--students' use of audio signs and the teacher's scaffolding of the use of audio signs. Two research questions guided this study: (a) In what ways did the fifth-grade students use audio signs, specifically transitions sounds, when constructing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Student Centered Curriculum, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Making Musical Sense: The Multimodal Nature of Clarifying Musical Listening
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pramling, Niklas; Wallerstedt, Cecilia – Music Education Research, 2009
The present study concerns the multimodal nature of music education. How children (aged 4-8 years) respond when faced with the challenge of talking about what they hear in pieces of music is studied. The semiotic tools children and their teachers use in these situations and how they transduce between modalities (verbal, sound, colours and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Music, Intermode Differences
The University of Guam's Experience in Delivering Distance Education in Micronesia.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Best, Bruce; And Others – Educational and Training Technology International, 1990
Description of the University of Guam focuses on its role in distance education for Micronesia. An experimental distance education model based on the use of commercially produced videotapes is described, cost comparisons are made with on-campus courses, sociocultural educational implications are discussed, and prospects for the future are…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Heightening Advanced Adult Second-Language Learners' Awareness of Strategy Use in Speaking: A Little Can Go a Long Way
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Huang, Li-Shih – Online Submission, 2006
While language-learning strategies as promoters of efficiency in second language learning have generated extensive attention, limited work as been done about awareness-raising regarding language-learning strategies. This study explores the relationship between heightened awareness of strategy use on learners' strategy use and on oral production.…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Speech Communication, Second Language Learning, Use Studies
The Interactive Videodisc System in the Zone of Proximal Development: Academic Motivation and Learning Outcomes in Precalculus.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Henderson, Ronald W.; Landesman, Edward M. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1993
Discussion of computer-assisted mathematics instruction focuses on a study of high school students that examined the instructional effectiveness of computer-managed videodisc instruction for precalculus mathematics. Highlights include a comparison with traditional classroom instruction and theoretical perspectives, including sociocultural theory,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Goal Orientation, High Schools