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Marzano, Robert J. – 1983
Vocabulary development, operationally defined as the isomorphism between an individual's store of concepts and the labels society uses to represent those concepts, is akin to concept development. Therefore, vocabulary development can be facilitated if presented in clusters of related concepts. One approach used to reinforce such basic concept…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Elementary Education, Language Arts
Woodward, Virginia A. – 1980
Tracing the development of "concept of story" in one child from age three years to five years using the language experience task, a hierarchy of text/context relationships emerges. First there is the inventory stage whereby the child names and describes behaviors to objects. The second stage is descriptive and the child modifies the object and the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages
Dwyer, L. J. – Exceptional Child, 1976
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Concept Formation, Cultural Differences
Serio, Martha – Acad Therap Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Exceptional Child Education
Blass, Rosanne J.; And Others – 1979
Noting that the idea of reading as a natural language communication process has been well established by research, this paper identifies learning strategies and suggests teaching methods for developing the young child's awareness of the communication nature of reading. The paper concludes that learning strategies based on imitation, drawing, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Communication Skills, Concept Formation
Tucker, Elizabeth Sulzby – 1977
Teachers working with a language experience approach to reading may use word-sorting activities as a means of exploring the letter/sound concepts and semantic concepts that children are forming. Using words that are already in a child's reading vocabulary, words that the child has made into sight vocabulary, and words that the child has requested…
Descriptors: Classification, Concept Formation, Generalization, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedKellman, Julia – Art Education, 1995
Asserts the function of narrative as a method of thinking is important in the lives of children as well as adults. Maintains that, by examining a story or narrative in children's art, it is possible to account for its importance in their lives. Describes three aspects of narrative: (1) invention; (2) description; and (3) negotiation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Products, Child Development
Stauffer, Russell G. – 1969
Documented and detailed accounts of productive thinking and concept attainment provide the essence of this textbook intended for use by graduate students who are interested in the teaching of reading as a cognitive process. The first part of the book explains how the foundations of reading instruction are based on thinking. The second and third…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Concept Formation, Creative Reading, Critical Reading
Markovitch, Martha L. – 1982
A practicum study designed to address the problem of inadequate language development skills in first-grade children was conducted. Specifically, efforts were directed toward developing and implementing a specialized instructional program to remediate students' deficiencies in listening comprehension, basic concept skills, classification skills,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classification, Classroom Research, Concept Formation
Pollock, John F.; Brown, Garth H. – 1980
A study investigated ways of establishing links between different methods of reading instruction, children's conceptualizations of the reading process, and children's actual reading behavior. Two instruments were used to assess the relationships between the three variables: a revised version of "The Reading Miscue Inventory" and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Peer reviewedLyle, Susan – Educational Studies, 1996
Examines the relationship between story-telling and children's construction of meaning. Includes transcripts of children's discussions of a story involving Vietnamese refugee children. Maintains that children, especially when given encouraging contexts, can construct and discover meaningful insights. Discusses the role of the teacher in this…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Childhood Interests, Childhood Needs
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1987
Alberta's guide to English as a second language (ESL) instruction in the elementary schools is designed as a supplement to the general elementary language arts curriculum guide. It provides guidelines for programming that gives ESL students opportunities to learn English. It contains: (1) an orientation section on the nature of culture; (2) a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Concept Formation
Download full textEby, J. Wesley; And Others – 1973
Ten units containing 86 structural objectives make up this volume of instructional materials for the first year to year and a half of teaching English as a second language to Navajo children. The Navajo Area Language Arts Project (NALAP) materials, intended to present a sequence of English grammatical structures based on specific language and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Art Activities, Class Activities
Eby, J. Wesley; And Others – 1974
Building on structural objectives in Book One, the 96 objectives in Book Two of the Navajo Area Language Arts Project (NALAP) provide instructional material for an additional one to one and one-half years of teaching English as a second language to Navajo children. The materials, intended to give a sequence of English grammatical structures based…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Art Activities, Class Activities
Rossiter, Marsha – 2002
Increasingly, adult educators are using narrative and stories for many reasons, including their deep appeal, satisfaction, and cultural transcendence. As a fundamental structure of human meaning making narrative is a valuable classroom tool in that it can enable students to understand life events, personal actions, and solidify identity formation.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
