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Kramer-Dahl, Anneliese; Chia, Alexius – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2012
This article draws its data from a collaborative intervention project "Expanding Textual Repertoires," which sought to help English teachers develop their students' higher-order work with language and texts in Singapore secondary schools. The focus is on the strategy of weaving, a form of connection-making which involves the deliberate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students, Concept Formation, Thinking Skills
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Towsey, Paula M. – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2009
This article presents what is possibly the first English translation of a 1930 manuscript related to Vygotsky's work (probably written by Vygotsky himself). This manuscript, the Zalkind Summary, is a five-point summary of his presentation to the First All-Union Congress on the Study of Human Behaviour in Leningrad in January 1930. This article…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology, Thinking Skills, English
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Smith, Margaret S.; Hughes, Elizabeth K.; Engle, Randi A.; Stein, Mary Kay – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2009
The premise underlying this article is that identifying and using the "five practices model" can make discussions of cognitively challenging tasks more manageable for teachers. By giving teachers a roadmap that they can follow before and during whole-class discussions, these practices have the potential for helping teachers more effectively…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Mathematics Instruction