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Paulson, Eric J.; Theado, Connie Kendall – Classroom Discourse, 2015
This study employed a metaphor analysis approach to investigate instructor language as it relates to the positioning of agency within a college developmental reading course context. Agency, or the socioculturally mediated potential to act, is a crucial part of self-regulated, self-efficacious learning and contributes to identity formation and…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Reading Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Hulshof, Hans; Verloop, Nico – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2002
This study sought to determine how experienced language teachers use analogies to help students comprehend a text on the course of their regular teaching routines. It is assumed that analogies constitute one important component of the content of teachers' practical knowledge in the context of reading-comprehension instruction. The framework of the…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Logical Thinking