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Peer reviewedPenno, Julie F.; Wilkinson, Ian A. G.; Moore, Dennis W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
Evaluated the effect of listening to stories on children's vocabulary growth. Children acquired new vocabulary from listening to stories, with both frequency of exposure and teacher explanation of target words enhancing vocabulary learning. The interventions, however, were not sufficient to overcome the Matthew effect, as higher ability children…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Aural Learning, Children
Direct linkRubie, Christine M.; Townsend, Michael A. R.; Moore, Dennis W. – Educational Psychology, 2004
Children aged seven to 10 from the indigenous Maori minority group in New Zealand participated in a year-long cultural intervention designed to increase self-esteem and locus of control. The intervention incorporated good teaching practices linked to self-esteem and locus of control with principles of culturally relevant teaching. Compared to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Minority Groups, Intervention
Peer reviewedMoore, Dennis W. – Australian Journal of Education, 1984
Observational studies of six elementary and five secondary school classes showed that teachers directed a disproportionately large number of questions to those students they judged most able. These findings are discussed as examples of self-fulfilling prophecy in the schools. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
