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Martin, Nicole M. – Reading Horizons, 2022
Educators' support when using informational text in kindergarten is foundational to children's comprehension and future learning. Prior research has not offered clear insight into their help when children experience difficulties during informational text comprehension instruction. The current study examined one kindergarten educator's support.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Reading Instruction
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Lindahl, Mats G.; Folkesson, Anne-Mari; Zeidler, Dana L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Students' difficulties in interpreting what counts as knowledge have been addressed in past research on science education. The implementation of progressivist pedagogy in terms of more student-active classroom practice and the introduction of a variety of discourses into the science classroom deepens students' difficulties. The integration of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Difficulty Level, Teaching Methods, Classification
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Hodapp, Robert M.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1989
The study of 21 teacher-child dyads showed that teachers of children (aged 2-8) with severe handicaps adjusted the complexity of their linguistic requests based on the child's communication level and modulated their requests based on children's responses. Teachers' adjustment of language structure was not as closely attuned to children's…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Difficulty Level, Discourse Analysis, Interaction