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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
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
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
Download full textRossiter, 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
