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On Self-Reported Use of Communication Strategies by CLIL Learners in Primary Education
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Martínez-Adrián, María; Gallardo-del-Puerto, Francisco; Basterrechea, María – Language Teaching Research, 2019
The use of communication strategies (CSs) in oral and written second language (L2) production has been widely investigated (e.g. Muñoz, 2007). As for content and language integrated learning (CLIL) settings, learners seem to resort to the first language (L1) less often than in traditional foreign language instruction (e.g. Celaya & Ruiz de…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communication Strategies, English (Second Language)
Parental Participation Improves Student Academic Achievement: A Case of Iganga and Mayuge Districts in Uganda
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Mahuro, G. M.; Hungi, N. – Cogent Education, 2016
Educational research has linked parental participation in children's schooling with a wide range of children's academic outcomes. Parental involvement involves time and resource commitment towards children's academic performance. This paper extracts data from a cross-sectional survey involving 2,669 grade six students attending public and private…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Grade 6
Increasing Communication in Geometry by Using a Personal Math Concept Chart
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Friedman, Rhonda; Kazerouni, Gety; Lax, Stacey; Weisdorf, Elli – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2011
The action research team developed a "Personal Math Concept Chart". This chart required students to describe the mathematical concepts that they were studying in the Geometry strand of Mathematics using their own images and words. In this study, students were encouraged to express their own understanding of geometric concepts in order to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Geometric Concepts, Teaching Methods, Geometry
Elementary Students' Participation Style in Synchronous Online Communication and Collaboration
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Chiu, C. H.; Yang, H. Y.; Liang, T. H.; Chen, H. P. – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2010
This research investigated how differently elementary school students participate in synchronous online collaborative learning by analysing their discussions with their partners. Two hundred and seventy-eight Taiwanese students, ranging in age from 11 to 12 years old, were involved in this study. The students were randomly arranged within-class…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Elementary School Students, Cooperative Learning, Student Participation
Improvisation as Communication: Students with Communication Disabilities and Autism Using Call and Response on Instruments
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McCord, Kimberly – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2009
Students with communication disabilities present challenges to general music teachers with inclusive music classrooms. Typically, students perform, compose and improvise with others in the class, but students with physical disabilities that include communication difficulties or students with autism are left out or at best marginally participate.…
Descriptors: Music Education, Communication Strategies, Creative Activities, Autism
Mind Mapping: A Graphic Organizer for the Pedagogical Toolbox
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Goodnough, Karen; Long, Robin – Science Scope, 2002
Recently, the authors engaged in a collaborative inquiry with a sixth grade science class to explore mind mapping, a graphic organizer that can be used to generate ideas, take notes, develop concepts and ideas, and improve memory (Buzan 1979). With a very limited body of research available on how to best use mind maps in the classroom, the authors…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Learning Strategies, Instructional Materials, Grade 6