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Efficacy of a Self-Monitoring Tool for Improving the Quality of the Language Environment in the Preschool Classroom
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Strasser, Katherine; Mendive, Susana; Vergara, Daniela; Darricades, Michelle – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This study evaluated the impact of a self-monitoring intervention on preschool teachers' use of language and on children's language growth. Nineteen classrooms from Santiago de Chile participated (10 intervention, 9 control). Twice a week, intervention teachers filled out a checklist to monitor the language stimulation they…
Descriptors: Self Management, Intervention, Preschool Teachers, Language Usage
Relationships among Sense of Classroom Community, Perceived Cognitive Learning and Satisfaction of Students at an E-Learning Course
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Baturay, M. H. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2011
This study aims to determine whether there is a relationship between students' sense of community, perceived cognitive learning, and satisfaction in an e-learning course. Additionally, the relationship of these variables with Internet self-efficacy and final examination scores is investigated. The participants were 88 students enrolled in…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Distance Education
Learning a Second Language.
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Ireton, Elmer J. – Clearing House, 1981
The author presents a rationale for kindergarten English instruction for the five-year-old Spanish-dominant child. To support his view, he cites research on cognitive development and language acquisiton during early childhood and discusses the appropriateness of the kindergarten environment for language learning. (SJL)
Descriptors: Age, Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development
When They Don't All Speak English: Integrating the ESL Student into the Regular Classroom.
Rigg, Pat, Ed.; Allen, Virginia G., Ed. – 1989
A collection of essays addresses aspects of the integration of limited-English-speaking students into the regular classroom. The articles include: "A Quality Program for Learners of English as a Second Language" (Jean Handscombe); "I Grow for a Living" (Carole Urzua); "The Classroom: A Good Environment for Language…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Design
Preschool Literacy: The Effect of Sociocultural Context.
Quintero, Elizabeth – 1984
A study investigated the literacy development of bilingual children as they interacted in the social context of their preschool classrooms. Subjects were 12 native Spanish speaking preschoolers in a headstart classroom. It was hypothesized that what bilingual children bring to the classroom in terms of experience, values, language, culture, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences
Issues in Language Proficiency Assessment.
Sanchez, Rosaura; And Others – 1978
Three papers on assessment and planning in bilingual education are presented. In "Language Theory Bases," Rosaura Sanchez advocates an approach toward child bilingual education that takes into account the relationship between the parallel domains of language development and cognitive development. An awareness of this relationship is…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Child Language