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Espinet, Ivana; Chapman-Santiago, Charene – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2022
This article describes the design and implementation of a project from a translanguaging pedagogical stance. The research presented seeks to understand how translanguaging as a multimodal practice shapes the experiences of students in a traditional English Language Arts 8th-grade classroom and how students leveraged their multimodal semiotic…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Program Implementation, Teaching Methods, Semiotics
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Cho, Seokhee; Yang, Jenny; Mandracchia, Marcella – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Mentoring Mathematical Minds (M3) units on gains in mathematics achievement and English proficiency of mathematically promising English language learners (MPELLs) in the third grade. The M3 program, developed by Gavin et al., was implemented for 1 year with treatment MPELLs (n = 86) but not…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Grade 3
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Rohani, Siti – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2013
This study aimed at describing how the implementation of Task-Based Learning (TBL) would shape or change students' use of oral communication strategies. Students' problems and strategies to solve the problems during the implementation of TBL were also explored. The study was a mixed method, employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Verbal Communication, Oral Language, Evaluation Methods
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Dorner, Lisa M.; Spillane, James P.; Pustejovsky, James – Journal of Educational Change, 2011
Guided by theories of institutions, organizations, and sense-making, this manuscript examines how public, charter, and Catholic school staff in a large urban area organize for instruction and respond to educational change. To build theory about institutional processes of "organizing" from participants' perspectives, data included a…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Catholic Schools, Federal Legislation, Figurative Language
Dunkle, Cheryl A. – Corwin, 2012
Many educators agree that we already know how to foster student success, so what is keeping common sense from becoming common practice? The author provides step-by-step guidance for overcoming the barriers to adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and achieving equity and excellence for all students. As an experienced teacher and…
Descriptors: State Standards, Total Quality Management, Academic Standards, Educational Policy
Lopez, Robert M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The church has a great responsibility to minister and provide a place where children can experience the love of God. The spiritual journey of children is often nurtured in the Sunday school room, Bible class, or some other church setting. Under the best of circumstances, this journey is a formable task. One must consider the challenges that arise…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Autism, Disabilities, Intimacy
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Bruce, Susan M. – RE:view: Rehabilitation Education for Blindness and Visual Impairment, 2008
The author describes the use of action plans to support 2 teachers' post-in-service implementation of communication strategies with 3 children who are deafblind. In the action plans, the teachers recorded changes in thinking and instructional practices under the 4 aspects of communication: form, function, content, and context. They also recorded…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Adoption (Ideas), Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Kramer, Barry S.; Walker, Andrew E.; Brill, Jennifer M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2007
This study explores the barriers associated with teachers implementing information and communication technology-assisted collaborative project-based learning (ICTCPrjBL) as a classroom teaching methodology with students. We used a Web-based Delphi method to engage experienced educators in anonymous consensus building consisting of three rounds of…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Web Based Instruction
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Falconer, Isobel – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2007
The slow uptake by teachers in post-compulsory education of new technological tools and technology-enhanced teaching methods may be symptomatic of a general split in the e-learning community between development of tools, services and standards, and research into how teachers can use these most effectively (i.e. between the teaching practitioner…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries