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Chen, Ying-Chih; Park, Soonhye; Hand, Brian – Science and Children, 2013
This article reports that as the need for students to be able to construct and critique scientific argumentation as emphasized in "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" (National Research Council 2012), teachers are wondering how to support students in this process. Scientific argumentation is defined as the interplay between…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science Instruction, Learning Strategies, Concept Mapping
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Irvine, Jacqueline Jordan – Journal of Educational Research, 1985
Findings are presented from a study of the interactive effects of sex and race on teacher communications patterns in 67 classrooms. ANOVAs revealed two significant main effects for race, five for sex, and three significant race/sex interactions. Previous research literature is summarized. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Elementary Education, Racial Differences, Sex Differences
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Lorenz, Jens Holger – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1980
A general model of teacher-student interaction is expanded specifically to mathematics. Mathematics appears to lead to idiosyncratic forms of language and communication in the classroom. (MP)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Educational Research, Interaction, Learning Theories
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Foley, Joseph – Language Sciences, 1990
It is argued that the concept of genre-based language teaching is both useful in the first language and also in the second- and foreign language classroom. The theoretical basis for the concept of genre is also outlined. (60 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Context Effect, Cultural Context, Language of Instruction
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Cross, Toni – Early Child Development and Care, 1989
Reviews 2 studies of verbal interactions of early childhood teachers from 30 preschools and their 4-year-old students. Linguistically advantaged children, particularly those from lower-class backgrounds, benefited from regular attendance at preschool. (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Classroom Communication, Language Acquisition, Outcomes of Education
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Murrell, Peter C., Jr. – Journal of Negro Education, 1994
Examines how differences in teaching practices in middle school mathematics classrooms diminish black students' opportunities to understand, communicate, and apply mathematical ideas. A pedagogical framework of responsive mathematics instruction for black male students is described. (GR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Classroom Communication, Cultural Influences, Grade 6
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MacAdam, Barbara – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Examination of specific role of humor in college classroom and its effect on learning and communicative climate highlights academic classroom instruction, objectives of academic bibliographic instruction, positive learning environment and bibliographic instruction classroom, prevalence of humor in college classroom, and how classroom humor affects…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, College Faculty
Green, Judith L.; Smith, Deborah C. – 1982
Findings from 10 projects, sponsored by the National Institute of Education, which focused on teaching as a linguistic process, are examined in this paper, along with findings from related studies. The projects constitute first-generation indepth studies of selected classrooms and are discussed in relation to two aspects of the linguistics of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research