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Comments on Virginia LoCastro's "Learning Strategies and Learning Environments." Making Sense of Learning Strategy Assessment: Toward a Higher Standard of Research Accuracy.
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Oxford, Rebecca L.; Green, John M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
Critiques an article by Virginia LoCastro that contrasted quantitative data (using the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning, or SILL) and qualitative data (using group interviews) and finds the conclusions drawn from the comparison unjustified on various grounds. A reply by LoCastro is included. (Contains a combined total of 20 references.)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories, Measurement Techniques
Teacher Study Groups: Persistent Questions in a Promising Approach.
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Clair, Nancy – TESOL Quarterly, 1998
Reports on a one-year examination of two urban teacher study groups. Data from participant observations and journal notes indicated that there were five themes: tensions about knowledge, alliance with traditional professional development structures, ways of working with one another, understanding the educational needs of English language learners,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)