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Direct linkWakefield, Elizabeth M.; James, Karin H. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Asking children to gesture while being taught a concept facilitates their learning. Here, we investigated whether children benefitted equally from producing gestures that reflected speech (speech-gesture matches) versus gestures that complemented speech (speech-gesture mismatches), when learning the concept of palindromes. As in previous studies,…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Speech Communication, Verbal Communication, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedBeisenherz, Paul C.; Dantonio, Marylou; Richardson, Lon – Science Scope, 2000
The Learning Cycle contains three phases. In the exploration phase, students construct shared understanding of critical characteristics of a concept. The teacher introduces a concept in the concept introduction phase. The application phase introduces activities to extend the concept. Includes five concept activities. (SAH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Science Education
Download full textStern, Carolyn; Keislar, Evan R. – 1969
This experiment was designed to study the value of oral response as opposed to nonoral response in learning by kindergarten children. Approximately 108 kindergarten children were used. About 80 of them were placed in the two experimental groups (that is, the oral and nonoral groups), and the others were placed in a control group. Phase I involved…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Deduction, Experimental Programs
Collins, James L.; Seidman, Earl – 1978
True learning requires that students "make meaning" for themselves, but the patterns of verbal behavior that prevail in secondary classrooms tend to stifle rather than facilitate this process. Excerpts from tape recordings of lessons in three secondary classrooms show that, whereas the teachers display great autonomy and control over what they…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation, Educational Problems
GREENFIELD, PATRICIA M. – 1968
SPEAKING AN ORAL LANGUAGE AND SPEAKING A WRITTEN LANGUAGE INVOLVE DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF LANGUAGE USE WHICH ARE IN TURN RELATED TO DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL METHODS AND DIFFERENT COURSES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE ORAL SPEECH RELIES ON CONTEXT FOR COMMUNICATION, A COMMON CONTEXT AND POINT OF VIEW IS ASSUMED BY THE SPEAKER TO EXIST BETWEEN THE…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1975
Oral language development in early childhood education is concerned with conceptual development as well as with skill formation. There seems to be an order in which most children learn to verbalize basic concepts. This guide lists classroom activities that may be used to facilitate and enhance the conceptual development of kindergarten children in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Educational Games
