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Popkewitz, Thomas S. – Educational Researcher, 1992
F. Schrag is preoccupied with enhancing education, but who decides what enhancement is? He has confused positivism with empiricism. Positivism is a specific philosophical movement that is associated with logical positivism. The empiricism that Schrag labels positivism preceded the philosophic traditions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Causal Models, Educational Improvement, Educational Philosophy
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Damarin, Suzanne K. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1977
Preservice elementary teachers were tested on their interpretations of logical connectives using a test based on truth tables for statements about set membership. Results indicated that conditional and and biconditional statements were treated as conjunctions. (SD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Zhang, May Xiu-qin – 1998
This paper argues that formal and explicit instruction and learners' prior knowledge play a crucial role in teaching and learning English as a second language (ESL), and that a pure communicative approach is inadequate in achieving optimum results. The discussion is presented in two parts. The first outlines the issues under consideration,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Egbert, Joy, Ed.; Hanson-Smith, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1999
Essays on computer-assisted language learning (CALL) include: "Computer-Enhanced Language Learning Environments" (Joy Egbert, Chin-chi Chao, Elizabeth Hanson-Smith); "Theory and Research Interaction via Computers" (Joy Kreeft Peyton); "Classroom Practice: Creating Interactive CALL Activities" (Joy Egbert); "CALL…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style